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This is a question that gained prominence here in Ekaterinburg after Archbishop Vikentiy called for a restoration of a large temple in honour of St. Catherine, that was standing in the centre of the city from 1794 to 1930. Today there's a small chapel and a small park in the place:
The governor of the oblast supports that action.
However, there are protesters against this initiative, including some architects, deputes to the City Duma (parliament), public characters, etc. The dean of my Uni faculty, for example, remarked:
"I dislike that project, because it is unreasoned and unmodern. It doesn't fit the local architecture of the city. Moreover, it will make the current traffic problems worse. The Ekaterinburg Diocese forgot the words: "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. " And our government, who supports that project, just wants to compensate for its own sins by it".
The situation escalated when Archbishop Vikentiy threatened the protesters with God's punishment:
"It needs to be remembered - God had marked the people who fought the Church, no one who was against God died a natural death. We are saying that opposing God is dangerous for the opposer himself, sooner or later God will send a lesson, a punishment to him. These people will be tormented, will have troubles for seven generations. We are seeing that there are many problems nowadays - drug use, drunkenness, sexual depravity of various kind, which were absent in Ekaterinburg when the people were nearer to the Church, to its high morality".
So,
1) Should such temples be restored always, on a case-by-case basis, or never?
2) Should've the Archbishop made such remarks?
Spoiler :
The governor of the oblast supports that action.
However, there are protesters against this initiative, including some architects, deputes to the City Duma (parliament), public characters, etc. The dean of my Uni faculty, for example, remarked:
"I dislike that project, because it is unreasoned and unmodern. It doesn't fit the local architecture of the city. Moreover, it will make the current traffic problems worse. The Ekaterinburg Diocese forgot the words: "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. " And our government, who supports that project, just wants to compensate for its own sins by it".
The situation escalated when Archbishop Vikentiy threatened the protesters with God's punishment:
"It needs to be remembered - God had marked the people who fought the Church, no one who was against God died a natural death. We are saying that opposing God is dangerous for the opposer himself, sooner or later God will send a lesson, a punishment to him. These people will be tormented, will have troubles for seven generations. We are seeing that there are many problems nowadays - drug use, drunkenness, sexual depravity of various kind, which were absent in Ekaterinburg when the people were nearer to the Church, to its high morality".
So,
1) Should such temples be restored always, on a case-by-case basis, or never?
2) Should've the Archbishop made such remarks?
Drug use (=alcohol) and drunkenness are part of Russian culture and are pretty independent of the momentary position of religion in the society, sexual 'depravity' of various kind has always been present in humans and as it turned out, the priests are far from being immune to it.
