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#373397 - 12/22/11 06:18 AM Patriarch Kirill on the anti-Putin protests
Tomassus Offline
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Registered: 08/25/11
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Patriarch Kirill on the anti-Putin protests: authorities must listen to criticism

by Nina Achmatova
Asia News
12/22/2011

Nearly three weeks since the explosion of demonstrations against the alleged electoral fraud in favor of the ruling party, Kirill prays for social peace. In two days next great demonstration in Moscow.

More at http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Patriarch-Kirill-on-the-anti-Putin-protests:-authorities-must-listen-to-criticism-23506.html

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#373399 - 12/22/11 08:57 AM Re: Patriarch Kirill on the anti-Putin protests [Re: Tomassus]
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Were I Patriarch Kiril, I would not take any trips by airplane or stand near open windows for the next few. . . well, ever, actually.

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#373400 - 12/22/11 11:01 AM Re: Patriarch Kirill on the anti-Putin protests [Re: StuartK]
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And to think that Putin and Medvedev thought they had him in their pockets. I suspect that the Patriarch's real goal is to restore the monarchy in some limited form, as in Great Britain....or the Swedes...

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#373414 - 12/22/11 03:25 PM Re: Patriarch Kirill on the anti-Putin protests [Re: DMD]
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This may be one of the occasions where the title "Patriarch of all Rus" kicks in.

Wasn't there a Patriarch who excommunicated Tsar Ivan the Terrible?

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#373433 - 12/23/11 06:30 AM Re: Patriarch Kirill on the anti-Putin protests [Re: Tomassus]
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Patriarch Filip. Now known as St. Filip the Martyr.

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