RUSSIA: HUNDREDS OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX FOLLOWERS TAKE PART IN ANTI-VATICAN PROTEST IN MOSCOW

Record ID: 584858

  • Title: RUSSIA: HUNDREDS OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX FOLLOWERS TAKE PART IN ANTI-VATICAN PROTEST IN MOSCOW
  • Date: 22nd February 2002
  • Summary: (U5) MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FEBRUARY 22, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. PAN: EXTERIOR OF VATICAN EMBASSY IN MOSCOW WITH POLICE/ LARGE CROWD OF PROTESTERS GATHERED 0.10 2. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CARRYING ANTI-VATICAN AND ANTI-POPE BANNERS AND POSTERS/ PROTESTERS CARRYING RELIGIOUS ICONS, SINGING (11 SHOTS) 1.14 3. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Russia) PROTESTER,SAYING "They have depraved their religion and have decided to use honesty and conscience of orthodox Russian people." 1.26 4. VARIOUS OF PROTEST OUTSIDE VATICAN EMBASSY (2 SHOTS) 1.37 5. SCU: SOUNDBITE (Russian) PROTESTER, SAYING "Until christianity is fighting each other, the sects and different religions which are not traditional for our territory are flourishing." 1.51 6. VARIOUS OF PROTEST (4 SHOTS) 2.16 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 9th March 2002 12:00
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA4T3I04N2EA5Y8J7QEI9YUZBAG
  • Story Text: Hundreds of Orthodox believers have taken part in an
    anti-Vatican protest in the Russian capital.


    More than one thousand followers of the Russian
    Orthodox church gathered outside the Vatican's embassy in
    Moscow on Friday (February 22) to protest against what they
    said is the Catholic church's expansion into Orthodox lands.

    The protesters, carrying Orthodox icons, anti-Pope and
    anti-Vatican banners said they were angered by what they see
    as attempts by the Catholic church to seek converts among
    Orthodox believers.

    "They have depraved their religion and have decided to use
    honesty and conscience of orthodox Russian people," said one
    woman.

    "Until christianity is fighting each other, the sects and
    different religions which are not traditional for our
    territory are flourishing," said another protester.

    The Vatican recently fomalised its presence in Russia,
    creating four diocese in the country. Leaders of the Russian
    Orthodox Church have repeatedly accused the Vatican of trying
    to convert their followers.

    MOS/JRC



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