LiveJournal of Deacon Andrew. Andrey Kuraev, Protodeacon of the Russian Orthodox Church: biography, family, activities and creativity

Was born in 1963 in Moscow.

In 1984 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University in the Department of History and Theory of Scientific Atheism, entered the postgraduate course of the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR; in 1985 he moved to work at.

In 1988 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary, after which he studied at the Bucharest Theological Institute. Upon his return from Romania, from 1990 to 1993, he worked as an assistant.

In 1992 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy.

In 1993-1996. Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology. Since 1997 - professor (now - PSTGU).

In 1994 he defended his dissertation at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences academic degree candidate of philosophical sciences. In 1995 he defended his Ph.D. thesis in theology at the Moscow Theological Academy.

In 1996, Patriarch Alexy, on the recommendation of the RPU Academic Council, conferred the academic title of Professor of Theology.

By the decision of the Synod of March 12, 2002, he was included in the editorial board of the collection "Theological Works".

In 2004-2013 - MDA teacher, member.

April 5, 2009 at the Liturgy in Isaac's Cathedral Petersburg by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill in the rank of protodeacon with the laying of a kamilavka.

Member of the Expert Advisory Council on Freedom of Conscience at the Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation for Public Organizations and Religious Associations.

Protodeacon of the Church of the Archangel Michael in Troparevo, Moscow.

Senior Researcher, Department of Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow State University.

1984 - Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow State University, Department of History and Theory of Scientific Atheism.

1988 - Moscow Theological Seminary.

1992 - Moscow Theological Academy.

Church:

• 2003 - Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh III Art.

An iconic figure of mass culture from the 1990s to 2000s, a showman in demand by the Russian mass media of the post-Soviet period. Zhirinovsky in the Church.

Graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, studied at the Department of Scientific Atheism. After graduating from the university, he became the secretary of the rector of the Moscow Theological Academy.

In 1990 he became an assistant to Patriarch Alexy II.

Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy, since 2004 has been teaching "missiology" at the MDS. Senior Researcher, Department of Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow State University. In 1993-1996. - Dean of the Philosophical and Theological Faculty of the Russian Orthodox University (RPU) St. John the Evangelist. Since 1997 - Professor of the St. Tikhon Orthodox Theological Institute.

In 1994, at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Andrei Kuraev defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of philosophical sciences. In 1995 he defended his Ph.D. thesis in theology at the Moscow Theological Academy. In 1996, Patriarch Alexy, on the recommendation of the RPU Academic Council, conferred the academic title of Professor of Theology. By the decision of the Synod of March 12, 2002, he was included in the editorial board of the collection "Theological Works". From 2004 to December 2013 he was a member of the Synodal Theological Commission.

Andrey Kuraev is a member of the Expert Advisory Council on Freedom of Conscience under the State Duma Committee for Public Organizations and Religious Associations.

Deacon of St. John the Baptist at Presnya. Since 2009 - Protodeacon of the Church Michael the Archangel in Troparevo... According to some reports, in 2012 he was removed from the state.

Consistently carries out the mission of the underground and postmodernism in the Church. He substantiates his shocking and absurd definitions, perceived in the media as the position of Orthodoxy, by the need to destroy the traditional image of the Church in the minds of people.

K.'s main anti-missionary method is provocation to anti-Christian assessments and actions, clothed in a “glamorous” verbal package that is attractive to the mass consumer, using both artifacts of church vocabulary and the language of tabloid publications and criminal jargon.

In 1992, he openly announced that, before entering the MDS, he had been recruited by the KGB of the USSR to work in the Church. At the same time, K. made a statement that was inconsistent with the truth that practically all the seminarians collaborated with the state security bodies.

At the same time, he opposed the canonization of the Royal Family, declaring the guilt of Emperor Nicholas II in the "blood of millions" through his Abdication of the Supreme Power on March 2, 1917, thus insisting on the non-Christian and extra-legal principle of objective imputation and declaring his anti-juridism with this statement.

Participant and active propagandist of the "sermons" of clergymen at rock concerts. Advocates with the idea of ​​the "presumption of guilt" of the Church before the "modern youth", by virtue of which church people must prove their loyalty to her. Thus, he divides the Church by age.

Supporter of renovation changes in Orthodox divine services, the introduction of the Russian language into divine services. Signed with a call for discussion on the issue of the liturgical structure.

K. supports the distribution among children and adolescents of books and films about the "good wizard" Harry Potter.

During the information scandal around the texts of "Shulchan Aruch" K. made a statement about the anti-Semitism of the Holy Fathers, in particular, St. John Chrysostom. He made an assessment of both anti-Christian and anti-Judaist texts as equally destructive for the "single glass house" of Russian society.

In the spring of 2008, he made a blasphemous statement about the falsity of the Holy Fire of the Holy Sepulcher.

During the Georgian aggression against South Ossetia, he accused the Ossetians of nationalism and looting. Expressed in support of the nationalist statements of the Georgian Patriarch on the grounds that the Georgian people are land-poor. From this point of view, Ilia II acted as a natural patriot.

Declared the impossibility of convening a Local Council for objective reasons: It would be very interesting to assemble a local cathedral, but just understand, if you collect it now, it will be a farce. When elections are being prepared in the country, the first thing that happens is a) cutting of polling stations, b) drawing up voter lists. So, in order to elect delegates to the council, for this it is necessary to introduce a roll-call membership in each parish..

During the period of preparation for the Local Council of 2009, for the first time in the history of the Church, he publicly imputed a necessity and dignity to the Orthodox First Hierarch that he had personal views on many problems of church and secular life that were not based on the Holy Scriptures and the Tradition of the Church, and did not coincide with those who decisively answered all problems. common faith for the entire Orthodox Church: Will the bishops want to place over themselves a characteristic person who, in addition to the common Orthodox faith have their own personal views many problems of church and secular life, and there is an obvious thirst for work?

On April 23, 2011, in the blasphemous “Program Maximum” on NTV, he “exposed” the miracle of the descent of the Holy Fire.

Quotes

I strongly advise you to put aside the creation of St. Ignatiy Bryanchaninov. Orthodoxy is more joyful, more humane, smarter and richer.

The apostles were not concerned with denouncing the policies of the Roman Empire. As for the incident with John the Baptist, from here grew one of the optional and even more strange tragedies in the history of Christianity. John the Baptist suffered not because he denounced the despotism of Herod, but because he tried to control his family life.

Every year I am amazed at the senseless and tasteless combination of the wondrous Pentecostal prayers, full of the deepest theological meaning, and the usual, mechanically attached prayers for the coming sleep. Well, what is asked in the prayers of the Color Triodion is incommensurable with what is asked in ordinary evening prayers. And why on earth should it be on your knees to ask for a restful sleep at noon of the greatest holiday?

About him

Sources of

Deacon Andrei's confession about how he was tempted by demons from the KGB // Interlocutor, no. 8 1992

O. A. Kuraev. Who should be a saint in Russia // Moscow News. No. 38, 20.09.92

Scandal around Bishop Diomede // Echo of Moscow 06/27/2008

Deacon Kuraev disavowed rumors about the nationalist statements of the Georgian Patriarch // Interfax. August 19, 2008

Tatiana Vinarskaya. Deacon Andrei Kuraev: “They don't like big ones” // Tomsk Bulletin. November 20, 2008

Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev // Moscow Orthodox Theological Academy. http://www.mpda.ru/persons/27781/index.html 11/15/2013

Andrey Kuraev, Protodeacon // Patriarchy.ru. http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/60219.html 15.11.2013

"Fr. Kuraev, Andrey Vyacheslavovich"

D. Gizitdinov:

Of course, Fr. Andrew has mistakes (evolutionism in cosmology, rock sermon, sayings about the Holy Fathers ...), but such a crude characterization of a prominent and significant for us, undoubtedly, missionary and apologist, has never been encountered. He has done a LOT for the Church. The revival of youth movements and missionary work as such in the post-Soviet period is closely linked to his writings. It will simply not be grateful (!) To the Father Protodeacon to speak of him like that.

1. D. Gizitdinov:

   I agree with you, dear Roman. But the point is, just the same, and the point is that we more often stigmatize a person for his "harm" than appreciate his works and achievements. This is a big blunder for us Christians. As before, we are ready to vilify Origen for his apocatastases and Gnosticism, but we forget a lot. We forget about his contribution to triodology, Christology, biblical studies, exegesis, apologetics, his asceticism, confession for the faith.
   Truly, there is nothing new under the sun!

2. The American Libraries Association each year compiles "blacklists" of books that are recommended to be removed from the shelves of school and public libraries in the United States. This year, all four volumes of the "Twilight" saga by Stephenie Meyer are not recommended for reading for children ...

   Potteriana also made the list. Moral watchers in the Harry Potter books are not satisfied with anti-family sentiment and the occult.

   Here are obscurantists! Protodeacon Kuraev is not enough for them! :)

   Rural foreman:

   It seems that Deacon Andrei Kuraev has recently decided to become the standard-bearer of Renovationism in a campaign against the traditions of the Orthodox Church: denying the miracle of the descent of the Holy Fire, protecting priests who allow sex during Great Lent, a proposal to revise the text of kneeling prayers at the Vespers of Pentecost, blasphemous statements about the Most Holy Trinity , who "do not fly and speak", a comparison of the Church's teaching on ordeals with the "apocryphal, influenced by pagan hermeticism" and so on.
   Such views of the "missionary in law" are more dangerous than the preaching of other sectarians.
   People who call themselves "missionaries" (Father Kuraev ...) often do not have in themselves what they are trying to convey to others. That is, they are not internal Christians, but are Christians "by office." Therefore, the inner message, intimate to the heart of man, they do not and cannot get, for our "missionaries" do not have an inner man according to Christ. That is why they do not have such an intelligible, convincing, understandable, simple and salted word that the holy fathers possessed. The word "missionaries" has no power. And there is, instead of all this, an intellectual-encyclopedic (as in the case of Protodeacon A. Kuraev), a scientific-rationalistic stream of lukewarm sermons and lectures, in which the preacher / lecturer does not preach Christ, but admires himself. The "missionaries" have no Christian experience of fighting their egoism, and it is in this struggle that the Christian understands the meaning of Christianity in practice. And the true Christian word is melted precisely in this struggle with the old man in himself.
   But the main thing is that today's "missionaries" absolutely do not understand why people do not want to become Christians. Therefore, absolutely ridiculous "missionary projects" with efficiency are invented. 0%. And hence - and their incorrect methods of "missionary".
   From the lectures and statements of Fr. Protodeacon, in which Fr. Andrew often attacks monasticism and monasteries, it becomes obvious to many that he is completely alien to the prayer path that all monks follow, regardless of their education. Therefore, it is no coincidence that for Fr. Andrei, Orthodox monasteries are the "bulwark of obscurantism", old women in skirts and novices in "black rags" who read the "techie in Theology, a student of the artillery school who studied through glasses" incurably infected with gnoseomachy: “where it’s simple, there are a hundred heresies” (© Protodeacon Andrey Kuraev).

   (based on the materials of the "Holy Fire" http://www.blagogon.ru)

3. Svyatoslav:

   God forgive you, dear Roman. You don't know what you are doing. You can have any opinion about Protodeacon Andrei, I also largely disagree with his position (for example, on Valentine's Day). But you can't rape his texts like that for the sake of your polemical fervor! In general, it is impossible, but under the banner of protecting Orthodoxy - in particular, such an unscrupulous method of dispute - excuse me for modernism - repels the new-beginners and those who are just preparing to cross the church threshold from the Church. It is not at all difficult to show that over 90 percent of your accusations directly contradict the context of his work. For example: he did not deny Fire; he does not assert the obligatory nature of evolutionism; does not support Harry Potter distribution; a completely different meaning than you imagine in his statement about St. Ignatius ...

   1. Words about. A. Kuraeva denying the miracle of the Holy Fire:

      His (Patriarch's) answer about the Holy Fire was no less frank: “This is a ceremony that is a representation, like all other ceremonies of the Elder Selmitsa. Just as the Easter message from the sepulcher once shone and illuminated the whole world, so now in this ceremony we make a representation of how the news of the resurrection from the cuvuklium spread throughout the world. " There was not the word "miracle", not the word "convergence", not the words "blessed fire" in his speech. Probably, he could not have said more frankly about the lighter in his pocket. (http://kuraev.ru/smf/index.php?topic=142404.msg1523535)

      Here Fr. A. Kuraev approves of "Harry Potter":

      Do you know what these books really teach? The fact that mother's love protects better than any gun. That courage and loyalty are good. That friends need help. That one should not be afraid of evil, and the obvious power of evil is not a reason to go over to its side. That if the time comes to choose between the easy and the right, you must choose the right. Boring platitudes? Right. But in order to make them interesting, I had to write a by no means boring fairy tale ...
      I just suggest that you read this book with your children - otherwise they will still read it. But without us.
      (http://www.foma.ru/article/index.php?news=2030&sphrase_id=5636)

      So, you are wrong: o.A. Kuraev supports precisely the reading of this book by Christians together with their children. Do you think this does not mean “supporting the distribution of these books”?
      There is no need for a different meaning in the statement about St. Ignatius:

      I strongly advise you to put aside the creation of St. Ignatiy Bryanchaninov. Orthodoxy is more joyful, more humane, smarter and richer.

      O. A. Kuraev himself explains what he means:

      By the way, St. Filaret Moskovsky, after a personal acquaintance, gave the censorship an unspoken order not to publish anything from Bishop. Ignatius. And until his death, this prohibition was observed.

      I think you understand that regarding St. Filareta is a downright lie. It is enough to get acquainted with the history of the publication of the works of St. Ignatius to understand this. So, the words "put aside" have the most direct meaning: not to read or even publish at all.
      Thus, your remark acquires an interesting meaning: Fr.A. Kuraev, as a missionary, can blaspheme and blame the saints, and write about Fr. Kuraev, that he blasphemes and condemns the saints, means to alienate the novices from the Church.
      So what is our dishonesty?

4. Fr. Vladimir:

   No, Svyatoslav. You are wrong. It is you, not R.A. Vershillo, who do not understand the author's text of Fr. A. Kuraeva. Take the trouble to understand. Here is Kuraev's statement about the Holy Fire. "He probably couldn't have said more honestly about the lighter in his pocket." The author of this text is not Roman Vershillo, so you needlessly ask for forgiveness from God to Roman, as if he had a terrible blasphemy on his conscience! No, blasphemy is not on the conscience of R. Vershillo, but on the conscience of the author of this text. The author of this text meant exactly what was written, nothing more. Lighter in the pocket of the Patriarch at his entrance to the Holy Sepulcher on Holy Saturday.

5. Deacon A. Kuraev "Answers to the Young"... The book is taken from the official website of Fr. Andrey (http://kuraev.ru), page 63.

   «…
   - What is speaking in
   languages?
   - I still do not have a clear answer to this question. ... It is an out-of-verbal, anomalous, ecstatic religiosity.
   Today everything is decorous and typical (one more "subtle" mockery of Fr. Andrei, Yaroslav). But the memory of prayer without words, super-verbal prayer remained in the Easter canon: "We celebrate Easter with cheerful feet."
   In a serious conversation on this topic, one must take into account the difference in temperament. Belarusians and Russians have the same temperament, quite calm. Moldovans or Georgians have a different one. These are also Orthodox peoples, but national character they have
   another. Russian pilgrims are always shocked in Jerusalem by the behavior of Orthodox Arabs, especially on Holy Saturday. They are jumping, screaming, screaming. Their behavior pleases me. I am glad that they know how to rejoice in such fullness, when not only the secret recesses of the heart, but also the body participates in the joy of the risen Christ. Christians had ritual dances before the 4th century(I wonder where this information comes from, Yaroslav). They are still preserved in the Ethiopian Church. Perhaps glossolalia could exist in this series as an ecstatic form of expressing one's joy and reverence in the face of God.
   …»

   // Christians had ritual dances before the 4th century //

   Now it is clear where the idea of ​​"Orthodox discos" flashed from Fr. Kuraev.
   Forgive God, it's just insanity.

   Svyatoslav:

   Dear Father Vladimir, dear Roman, I am sincerely grateful to you for your prompt and detailed objections - I did not even expect to see them so soon. However, I still have questions about the content of these objections. It seems to me, for example, that you simply did not read the speech of Protodeacon Andrey regarding the Holy Fire, but saw only fragments scattered across the Internet. I, at least, did not see the denial of the Holy Fire in the general context of his speech. And regarding this speech - there the essence is in the polemic with Patriarch Theophilos, who, from the point of view of Fr. Andrei, allows himself to make statements that are not entirely friendly to the Russian Church. And it is in the same vein, when speaking about the Doubtful, in his opinion, and embarrassing words of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fr. Kuraev also mentions his review of the Holy Fire. It is quite possible that Fr. Kuraev misunderstood the Patriarch, one can even admit in the interests of the discussion that he polemically exaggerated something, but in any case, it is Fr. Andrew before Patriarch Theophilos, and not denial of the Holy Fire. Moreover, in 2007 about. Andrey, commenting on the Easter report on NTV, clearly called a miracle a miracle, etc.
   As for his review of St. Ignatius, even here I do not see blasphemy. The phrase is from a specific answer to a specific person from the beginners, who was afraid of some of the saint's formulations. There is no denial of his holiness, there is only a statement that not everyone should start with reading the works of the Bishop of the Caucasus. This, I think, is normal. At least, as far as I read, St. Ignatius did not advise everyone to practice the Jesus Prayer or read St. Simeon the New Theologian, but this does not at all mean that the saint denied St. Simeon or mental prayer.
   Regarding Potter - yes, I believe that he does not support its distribution, he unequivocally spoke out against the commercial boom around these books, and in the advice to read books with children about which children still talk, regardless of our will, and give correct interpretations and I see nothing wrong with explanations for these books. And the Great Cappadocians recognized that pagan literature can be studied and used, in particular, for preaching.
   In my humble opinion, Fr. Andrei, and above all - this is some ambiguity of certain phrases that require an extensive context for understanding. But we are not sectarians, thank God, why should we seek out some mistakes from Orthodox preachers? And meanwhile, no matter how bitter, but not about. Andrey, and you, Roman, were registered as allies by one of the most odious heretics and schismatics - Oleg "Molenko" Uryupin?
   I apologize if I unintentionally offended someone.

6. Svyatoslav:

   Roman, I believe in the Most Holy Trinity, Consubstantial and Inseparable, and in general in everything that is said in the Creed. And not at all in about. A. Kuraev, who - for the third time I will say - I see many problems. Another thing is that, in my opinion, in order to bring people closer to the knowledge of the Trinity, to the truth of Orthodoxy, which you are talking about, and to dispel human delusions, for this this preacher, with all possible claims to him, did more, than five sites like yours, excuse me. Although, of course, your site also contains a lot of very useful things - for example, criticism of the "theology of the icon" is very interesting.
   I propose not at all to "abstract from the direct meaning" - only to understand this meaning not from a polemical fine cut, but from full texts... And as for “considering him strictly Orthodox,” I don’t understand you at all. I simply prefer not to suspect a heretic in every legally appointed cleric who is not under bans.
   It is very important to understand that the very work of a missionary (he even specifically says that he does not call it a ministry) he compares with a “gateway” that only lets a person into the Church. But it is clear that the work in the "lock" should be carried out somewhat differently than in the canal and even more so on big water.
   Regarding Molenko and Molenkovschina: it is very correct that you removed the link. The link was not for publication at all, and even less for advertising, but only to confirm my words for you. In general, I am writing, in fact, not even for publication on the site, but simply because it hurts and hurts when the Orthodox themselves attack their own people. But with chagrin I feel that it is probably not a secret for you that this heretic is of the same mind with you in certain views. And it is even more bitter that the preaching of Orthodoxy causes a much more active rejection in you than overt sectarianism.
   I will end on this, tk. I am afraid that further continuation of the discussion may go beyond certain limits. Sorry. God's help in good deeds.

7. // which only lets a person into the Church //

   Basically, it is very important who lets you into the Church. This example will accompany you for a while. And if such a person himself is mistaken, then he is blind, so it is clear where he can lead his charges. Sometimes to a dead end, and sometimes to an abyss. I have experienced it myself. She wandered until a true believer was found who drastically shook her up and made me look at many things in the Church differently. It is through such people that you can come to the Church.

   Dear Roman, your site is worth dozens of missionary sites, because it points the way. What can not be said about Fr. Kuraev, who even expresses himself contradictory. So think every time what Father Andrei meant.

   And then, what does it mean that the Orthodox attacks the Orthodox. Why not notice mistakes and denounce them now? If everyone keeps silent for the sake of an incomprehensible world, the Orthodox will replace the truth with good manners.

8. Fr. Vladimir:

   Svyatoslav. If you delve into your contrived explanation of the words of Fr. Andrei Kuraev as the transmission of the Jerusalem Patriarch's confession about the lighter in his pocket - then it is necessary to draw only two conclusions. Either the Holy Fire does not exist. Either the Holy Fire exists, but the Patriarch himself does not believe in it, he still takes a lighter with him, about which he told everyone to the bewilderment and horror of Fr. Kuraeva. There is no other conclusion to be drawn from your words, and if you are sane, then you will agree with me.
   That is: either there is no Holy Fire. Either the Patriarch of Jerusalem does not believe in him. But if the Patriarch of Jerusalem, through whom and only through whom the Blessed Fire is supplied to believers, does not believe in him, then he does not exist, because if he were, the Patriarch, who is the first and main witness of this annual miracle, could not help but believe in him. ...
   That is: there is no Holy Fire. Here is the conclusion from your apology for Fr. A. Kuraeva.
   Repent, Svyatoslav, otherwise God will punish.
   It's about you. Because Orthodoxy is not only the confession of the Creed, but also the observance of the Commandments. In particular, "do not make yourself an idol" and "do not bear false witness."

9. 2 years after the described statement, in 2009, Fr. Andrew said the following: “I am waiting for the voice of the Church. I have not heard the official Church doctrine and the voice of the Jerusalem Patriarchs. Testimonies, pilgrimage stories, and church teaching are not the same thing. So I want to figure it out. There is a whole tangle of very serious problems here, and so I better keep quiet. "
   http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%90._%D0%92.#cite_ref- 29
   (I cite a link to Wikipedia, because I have not found it in other places) What can such a statement indicate?

10. In the article "Confessions of Deacon Andrei about how he was tempted by demons from the KGB" Fr. Kuraev admits that the KGB officer suggested to him: “Let's meet again, talk, discuss everything ... Could you come to us in Zagorsk? - And leaves his phone. - Ask Alexander Nikolaevich. "
    Further on. Kuraev explains why he agreed to become a sexot:

    And I am faced with a choice. I can no longer return to the world, there I have broken with everything, and they won’t take me to work. And the main thing is the dream to serve the church, to which I have been going for several years. Or some kind of non-binding call ... I pass the exams and enter, knowing full well that it did not depend at all on how I pass them.

    And then everything is in the same spirit. At the same time, he also lies to the whole Church, saying: All applicants passed through a sieve of the KGB and the Council for Religious Affairs.
    You seem to be familiar with this article, and dare to say that it has the opposite meaning to what is written in our encyclopedia. Therefore, we cannot deliver your comment as containing an outright lie.

    The hypothesis of the existence of life on a newly discovered planet does not contradict Christian teaching - theologian

    Moscow. October 1st. INTERFAX - Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy, Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev, believes that the likelihood of the existence of life on the planet just discovered by American scientists does not contradict Christian teachings.

    “When the atmosphere on Venus was discovered in the 18th century, Lomonosov suggested that there might be people there. If they are there, then one of two things: either they, like us, fell into sin, or they did not fall, "Father Andrei told the Interfax-Religion correspondent.

    Thus, he commented on the message that American astronomers have discovered a new planet, the conditions of which are most similar to those on Earth, which gave them reason to assume that their "find" may be habitable.

    Father Andrei noted that he fully shares the opinion of Lomonosov, “who believed that if the aliens are not sinners, then they do not need the Calvary sacrifice of Christ, they already live with God, and if they are sinners, then the atoning sacrifice of Christ was brought for them too - as well as for the Erdja people, about which the apostles knew no more than about the inhabitants of Venus. "

    The theologian also pointed out that at the time of the apostles "they had no idea" about the inhabitants of Australia, America, but "it turned out that there were whole cultures, the existence of which none of the people of the Bible assumed," however, "Christianity quite calmly accepted them, and one cannot even say that it has adapted to these cultures ", but, on the contrary," Christianity - it remained Christianity in Australia as well. "

    “If the aliens turn out to be creatures endowed with reason, free will, flesh, then everything that Christianity says about people will also say about them,” said Father Andrey, noting, however, that “I would be skeptical about messages about contacts with intelligent beings ”.

11. How a person has changed, but before he wrote:
    »
    …
    By the way, it is possible to indicate almost exactly how the decisive act of this "involution" to magic will take place. "Aliens" will fly in and announce that Christ was one of them (perhaps not even the best and most skillful one). Spirits know how to put on dense matter. It is not difficult for them to appear in the form of a dragon or a pretty maiden (remember "The Temptations of St. Anthony the Great"). Why not take on the appearance of peaceful, wonderful, wise "green men"? And why not say at the same time that they are the very "cosmic hierarchs" that from time to time taught humanity good reason?

    The discovery of UFOs and foreign "civilizations" undoubtedly discredits Revelation. But if the rate is such, then the search for "aliens", that is, inhuman forms of reason, will inevitably be crowned with success. After all, Christ, as we remember, has too many enemies in space. And the air is precisely their element.

    And they will gladly correct the Bible and provide a new way of reading it.
    And they will point out new "Mahatmas", whom they will admonish through their "King of the World". And the competition with the Gospel will begin. Christ fed five thousand loaves? - I'll feed a hundred thousand! Did Christ walk on the sea? - I'll fly through the air! Christ raised the three dead? - I will arrange a session of mass devastation of cemeteries! Did the Galilean claim that "My kingdom is not of this world"? - Well, my kingdom is also not from the earth, but I accept earthly power and nothing, contrary to the verb. Christ is risen? - And I'm not going to die!
    …
    «
    Satanism for the intelligentsia

    How I wrote about myself.

12. Belief in aliens - an impetuous, lustful belief in demons,
    stemming from unbelief in God.

    God created man in His own image and likeness.
    All kinds of created beings are represented in the Bible.
    There is a point of view that the Bible is silent about aliens,
    ostensibly for the purpose of protecting the human consciousness by the Divine from temptation,
    unnecessary thoughts and problems associated with the alleged existence of aliens.
    But this is not true, since the Bible contains not accessible for assimilation,
    BUT FULL information about the creation of the world for the believer,
    its structure and the forms of life in it.
    The Bible does not say anything about God's creation in the visible world
    other rational beings, similar to man.
    It means that there is NO other image of likeness to God, except for the human.
    If it is, then it is not the image of God, but the “monkey of God”, the image of God is the opposite.
    All creation that is subordinate to God is a bright image of the Divine.
    All creation that does not obey God is the opposite image of God - the demonic world.

    Fr. Vladimir:

    From time to time, Fr. A. Kuraev says the right things. For example: "arrests of children: where is juvenile justice?" There are similarities with Zhirinovsky. The scandalousness and indecency of the author do not allow us to accept essentially correct assessments. Zhirinovsky is kept for this.

13. Yes, the personality of Andrey Kuraev is extraordinary, I would even say odious. I watched and listened to many of his lectures. And, if you do not mind, I will share my opinion. But I will not touch upon the doctrinal issues that you have perfectly analyzed here, but the purely external, human side. When I watch it, I involuntarily get the impression that it is not a teacher who is talking to me, but some patrician. And he talks to me like a plebeian. A kind of master who, from the height of his knowledge (which he undoubtedly has), shares such an imposing tone with me. Do not in any way think that such an attitude offends me. Yes, I do not have such knowledge, but, to be honest, I don’t need it. I have Holy Scripture and Patristic literature. But in this case it is not about me. So, I don’t know, a person who calls himself a missionary, who has undertaken to preach such a sacred thing as Orthodoxy, should not behave this way. Feels some kind of falsity. And this, excuse me, jargon. What for? To draw attention to yourself in any way? It's just indecent. And these statements about Ignatius Brianchaninov and monasticism do not honor him. This is somehow wrong. To be honest, it does not inspire confidence. Understand, I am not judging him (maybe he is a wonderful person), but his behavior. You can't behave like that when you talk to people about Orthodoxy. He is not attracted to a missionary, rather the opposite. How painful. Sorry if something goes wrong

    Artyom Ryzhov:

    Svyatoslav wrote:

    “As for his review of St. Ignatius, even here I do not see blasphemy. The phrase is from a specific answer to a specific person from the beginners, who was afraid of some of the formulations of the saint. There is no denial of his holiness, there is only a statement that not everyone should start with reading the works of the Bishop of the Caucasus. This, I think, is normal. At least, as far as I read, St. Ignatius did not advise everyone to practice the Jesus Prayer or read St. Simeon the New Theologian, but this does not at all mean that the saint denied St. Simeon or mental prayer. "

    Svyatoslav, you can make some explanations about the peculiarities of the views of the Holy Father for the novice, but this phrase “I strongly advise you to put aside the creation of St. Ignatiy Bryanchaninov. Orthodoxy is happier, more human, smarter and richer. " this is just a real spit in the direction of St. Ignatius. Everything that I read from St. Ignatius was, in my opinion, very valuable.

14. Artyom Ryzhov:

    I do not know if it is relevant for this site that Fr. Andrei does not consider marriage to a non-believer to be a sin, he says in the program "School of Scandal" "The Church does not consider interreligious marriage a sin, and I do not think so." That is, as I understand it, if an Orthodox girl marries a Muslim who considers the trinity to be paganism, it will not be a sin. I even edited a video on this issue, “Is it a sin to marry someone of another faith? Kuraev's mistake. " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpDXwMYLIpk

15. Russian Orthodox architecture needs new forms, says Protodeacon Andrey Kuraev

    Moscow. July 19. INTERFAX - Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy, Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev believes that the architecture of the Russians Orthodox churches must correspond to the XXI century.

    “I would very much like the descendants, when they walked the streets of our cities, could point their fingers and say: this is a 17th century temple, this characteristic style The 18th century, this is the 19th, and this is the 21st ... And we pretend that we are still in the 17th century, ”Father Andrey said on the Dozhd TV channel.

    He admitted that in order to revive "from the abyss in which church culture and art were in the Soviet years, one must humbly learn to be copyists, put a hand."

    “First - to master the canon, to understand its completeness, meaningfulness, and then to think about it: after all, modern materials allow you to work differently with the form, people have their own needs - for example, a modern person wants more light,” said Father Andrey.

    In his opinion, when “our Church” will say “not only social marginal people, but people who create modern culture and history, then there will be a demand for modern forms church presence, including in art and architecture ”.

    At the same time, Protodeacon A. Kuraev admitted that there already exist interesting examples new solutions in Orthodox architecture, as, for example, in the case of the Russian cathedral, which will be erected in the center of Paris

16. Dear Mr. Vershillo,
    I have been amazed by your site, not as much by its scope and diversity (although they are impressive on their own), but by the common theme of critical interpretation of so many authors for various aspects of their modernist, unauthentic, or unorthodox ideas , writings or teachings. In several cases the info I found here was a kind of an eye-opener for me ...
    I have a request for your comment regarding Protodeacon Kuraev's recent lecture in Novosibirsk, (please see the link http://www.pravmir.ru/kogda-nastupit-konec-sveta/) and the shocking statements he made about the Serbs and their relation to Russia and the Russians.

    I am inserting the text below. I'd be grateful for any comment you might have, but especially one that could shed the light on the possible reasons for statements which are unprecedented in their hostility and rudeness and equally without basis in the history of the two peoples. Many thanks.

    (At this point in the lecture the Protodeacon was answering various questions from the audience)

    How can we help Orthodox Serbs in connection with the situation with Kosovo?

    Somehow, yes, we can help. Prayer, probably political support. Only God forbid to get involved in a war because of this. Russia has already sacrificed too much for the Serbs.

    Let's remember the beginning of the First World War because of the Serbs-brothers started. And the brothers treated us like a pig. They specially organized the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo precisely in order to provoke Austria into the inevitable invasion of Serbia in this case, and Russia into the inevitable declaration of war against Austria, and therefore Germany. This is called dragging chestnuts out of the fire with someone else's hands, and this is not a very Christian position. Everyone remembers well how the First World War ended for Russia, especially in Yekaterinburg, so I would not like this repetition now.

    There is a myth that Serbs are the best part of the Russian soul. This is not true.

    When I arrived in Serbia, shortly after the NATO action against Serbia, I asked the Serbs what conclusions they had drawn. The conclusion turned out to be very interesting: "We realized that there is no need to resist the West, and if you are being raped, then you need to relax and get maximum pleasure." On Serbian television, programs were broadcast one after another about the atrocities of the Serbian army in Kosovo, and about the truth of the NATO police operation.

    But that was not what struck me the most. The last time I was in Serbia was in May last year, more precisely, it was Montenegro. And at the local Montenegrin seminary in Zetting a boy asks me. And there are other boys. It is in our seminary that rather adult people study after school, and in the Balkans, seminaries are vocational schools, where people study from the age of 14. And so the boy asks me: "Tell me, why does the Russian patriarch consider himself an Orthodox pope and impose his point of view on all the Orthodox of the world?"

    When a child asks such a question, it is clear that this is not a question of the child, but the position of his teacher. And I must say that the bishops of the Serbian Church all studied in Greece. And they have very anti-Russian positions. If necessary, they will say very friendly words about Russia, Russian-Serbian friendship, but when it comes to serious interchurch problems, where the positions of Moscow and the Greeks diverge, the Serbs always take an anti-Moscow position.

17. Holy Russia, keep the Orthodox Faith!

    “In the last times, some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceiving spirits” (1 Tim.4: 1).

    KNOWLEDGE HINTS, BUT LOVE HASTS (1COR 8.1)

    I probably shouldn't have written,
    But it hurts to see grace depart
    From the deacon of the Holy Church of Christ,
    How Satan Traps Death.

    When we looked deeper into history,
    That is not the kind of lamps burned out there,
    As our well-known missionary, -
    Well, here's Nestorius or Arius, for example.

    How brightly they shone by their faith,
    How cleverly, figuratively, beautifully they spoke,
    But eloquence and knowledge are not everything
    The life of Christ is more important in the truth of Christ.

    After all, theology is not mathematics,
    It has strategy and tactics too,
    So that we teach theology correctly,
    One must try to live according to theology.

    Pride is especially dangerous here,
    Who knows a lot, speaks beautifully,
    He can imperceptibly and deceive
    And in a lie from the truth, and in heresy to deviate.

    The deacon did a lot of research and work,
    But, without first cleansing the soul from sins,
    To plunge into the theological ocean -
    Tempting to many Christians.

    This is how our "great" Osipov was deceived
    And from "greatness" into a lie, heresy has evaded,
    It's time for people to talk about it,
    To keep our faith pure.

    2011
    “Do not think more about yourself than you should think; but think modestly according to the measure of faith which God has given to each ”(Romans 12: 3).

    “How many teachers - Origen and thousands of others, who were at first the great lamps of the Church, taught everything, plunged into the sea of ​​knowledge before they received in silence the purity of feelings, peace and silence of the spirit, plunged into the ocean of Holy Scripture, believing that learning from the sciences was sufficient, and died in thousands, and were anathematized by the councils, although earlier they were the defenders of the previous councils ”(Elder Joseph of Athos. Presentation of monastic experience).

    God bless you!

    A selection of "sayings" of Dr. Andrey Kuraev:

    “If one day I do agree to become a priest, then it will, of course, be a student-youth parish. And I'll say: “Tusnyak, listen here! Hear should be painted only according to the charter: for Easter in red, for Trinity - in green, for Assumption - in blue. "
    “I do not consider it necessary for the Church to comply with all the disciplinary and canonical decisions ever made in its history. For centuries they have violated - and yet they have been saved. "
    “The worst thing is to become“ an irreversibly church-going person ”.
    “Today, where it is simple, there are a hundred heresies. Cling to my robe and follow me to all the lectures that I will read ... Maybe you will hear something of your own. "
    “There are three decisions that a person can only make in a state of madness: about marriage, monasticism, and taking the priesthood. Such decisions can only be made foolishly, therefore, only in youth. You cannot do such things in your right mind and sober memory. "
    “Therefore, it is better, guys, I’ll say in a missionary way: go to the city, find an unbelieving girl at the disco.”
    “Don't be tempted, brother. When I walk along the Lavra and hear the ringing of a large bell, its powerful decibels ... have a depressing effect on my psyche. "

    Key words: disciplinary-canonical decisions.

18. Gennady:

    Hello, dear participants discussion!

    Congratulations on the feast day of the repose of St. Sergius Abbot. Radonezh!

    Prot. and prof. A. Kuraev, prof. A. I. Osipov - Christians publicly heretical and doing modernist deeds for many years. The zealots of Orthodoxy have proven this a thousand times over. And Roman V. added them to the corresponding list. Consequently, it is unnecessary to pile up evidence of their "missionary" and "apologetics". And the harm from them is great. They are given the opportunity to publicly express their unbelief by the support of influential people, understandable in this sinful world.
    The history of the Ancient Church is complete
    consists of similar episodes. Almost none of the heretical ones repented and returned to Orthodoxy. And they were highly educated hierarchs. Elder Paisius Svyatorets wrote that he suffered a lot from the advice of clergy, which led him away from Christianity ..
    The conclusion suggests itself about some incurable spiritual disease. It is reasonable for us not to pay attention to these professors at all, so as not to fall into the sin of folly, condemnation, anger, and so on. What providentially shows our spiritual imperfection.
    It is clear that to turn prot. and prof. A. Kuraeva, prof. A. I. Osipov to Orthodoxy
    humanly impossible. But it is possible for God that it is impossible for humans. And if
    God, who delights in Love, then humble themselves and publicly repent for destroying the souls of believers for the sake of their salvation in Eternity, Arch. and prof. A. Kuraev, prof. A. I. Osipov.

    Sorry. Happy Holidays!

19. As soon as Pope Gregory XIII introduced new style, immediately in the same 1582, the Ecumenical Patriarch Jeremiah II, together with his Synod, condemned the new Roman reckoning as disagreeing with the tradition of the Orthodox Church. In the following year, 1583, Patriarch Jeremiah, with the participation of Patriarchs Sylvester of Alexandria and Sophronius VI of Jerusalem, convened a Church Council, which condemned the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in the Roman Church as contrary to the canons of the entire Ecumenical Church and violating the decree of the First Ecumenical Council on the procedure for calculating the day of Holy Easter. This Council - in its decree of Sigillion on November 20, 1583, calls on the Orthodox firmly and unswervingly, even before the shedding of their blood, to adhere to the Orthodox month and Julian Paschalia, imposing an anathema on all violators of this decree, excommunication from the Orthodox Church. The Council of Constantinople informed all the Eastern Churches of this same decision.
    As a product of Catholicism and an anti-church phenomenon, the new style, apart from confusion, can give nothing to the Orthodox Church. This is how it was interpreted from the very beginning of its appearance by its first opponents, Patriarch Jeremiah II of Constantinople and the local Council of Constantinople convened by him in 1583. The new style remains such a corrupting principle and a very harmful Catholic propaganda for the life of the Orthodox Churches to this day. Therefore, our acceptance, against the will of the Holy Church, of a new style, albeit in a compromise form, can only lead us to the fact that we ourselves will contribute to the emergence of confusion and disorder in our church life, by virtue of which we will be our own with my own hands destroy the authority of the Holy Orthodox Church. Thus, as apostates get on the path grave sin disobedience to the Church by adopting a new style entirely, through the rejection of the holy canonical rules, as they are on this path of disobedience and the adoption of a new style with a mixed calendar.

    Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev).

    Let us now compare the statements of the "ruler of the destinies of the Church", Dr. Andrei Kuraev:

    Prof. MDA Protodeacon A. Kuraev writes in his books that the human nature of Christ is: “comfortable to sin,” “open to evil,” “vulnerable to temptations,” “accessible to temptations,” a nature “in which it is much more difficult to remain invulnerable to enemy arrows. " Moreover. He is even ready to prove it:

    “Again we count on fingers. First, the intrusion of such needs, as well as mortal fear and fear of suffering into human life, has made our nature more vulnerable to temptation than it was before the fall of Adam? Undoubtedly. Second, what has become more accessible to temptations, can we call it “inclined toward evil”? Yes. Third: before the Fall, Adam felt fear of death, hunger, fatigue, thirst? No. Fourth: if Adam did not know these passions before the Fall, and the Savior experienced them, then what kind of human nature did He perceive and Himself: the one that was before the fall, or the one that became “inclined to evil”? Yes, it is precisely this nature, in which it is much more difficult to remain invulnerable to enemy arrows, that the Redeemer took upon Himself ”(Deacon Andrey Kuraev. About our defeat. St. Petersburg 1999, pp. 495–496).

    Kuraev is also sure that Christ has been perfecting His whole life. He writes: “Finally, if… human“ nature is already completely pure and blameless ”at the moment of Incarnation, then what is the feat of Christ? Why were His struggles, suffering and Resurrection needed if humanity was completely healed already at Christmas? If in Christ human nature did not undergo healing, then there is no difference between the Humanity of Christ before the Resurrection and after the Resurrection. Really nothing, nothing changes in the Humanity of Christ on the way from Christmas to Resurrection? Was it not the human will of Christ that made this change? But if we suppose that the Savior took on the human nature that it became after the Fall, and by His exploit made it even higher than it was in Adam before his sin, only then there are no “extra pages” in the Gospel ”(Deacon Andrew Kuraev, ibid., P. 496).

    Such ideas about the gradual perfection of Christ are so contrary to Christianity that the fathers of the V Ecumenical Council condemned this heresy as one of the most important. And St. Gregory the Theologian anathematizes such madmen: “If anyone says that Christ became perfect through works ... let it be anathema: for that is not God who has received a beginning, either succeeds or is perfected, although this is ascribed to Christ (Luke 2:52) , relatively to gradual manifestation. "

20. A graduate of the Department of Scientific Atheism of Moscow State University, Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev made another missionary initiative - this time about the Chelyabinsk organ - he believes that this instrument can be left in the Alexander Nevsky Church.
    “In Chelyabinsk there is an opportunity to combine the space of the organ hall and the space of worship. People could, looking at Orthodox icons, listen to Bach's music and think about their soul and about eternity - Father Andrey is moved. - This temple could become a meeting place for the city and church intelligentsia. I would very much ask the mayor of Chelyabinsk to give the temple to the church, but leave the organ in it, ”he finished.
    Obviously, such an idea would have pleased the well-known music lover Pope Benedict XVI, and would have moved the Oxford pupil and composer Met. Hilarion (Alfeeva). But what do the Orthodox parishioners of the city of Chelyabinsk think about this? Will they want to contemplate in their church during the Orthodox Eucharistic canon an object that is an attribute of a heretical confession? Interestingly, how would St. Alexander Nevsky, with his well-known attitude towards Catholics, would he react to the fact that a musical instrument would be installed in the church dedicated to him - an integral part of the Catholic Mass?
    But what can these last two opinions, so insignificant, mean for such a world famous missionary? ..

    © "Inform-Religion", 2011.

    “The beginning of the year was marked by the blasphemy of a church cleric. We approach the Feast of the Nativity of Christ with trepidation, and the unbelted protodeacon grins and blasphemes. Just as it is cynical to call a mass murderer a philanthropist, so it is obscene to call a blasphemer a theologian. As it is shameless to call a fornicator chaste, it is so outrageous to call an outrageous blasphemer an Orthodox missionary, whom the Church calls as enlighteners of nations.
    The infamous professor seems to be giving a sign: boldly come out blasphemers, I will protect you, get famous. This year will be better. You see, I scoff, juggle His date of birth, and nothing.
    Catholics and Protestants do not dare to such madness. It is difficult to imagine the unpunished shame of shrines by clerics in other religions.
    Such mockery about the dates of church holidays has a long line. If a teacher of the theological academy and seminary can do this, then everything is allowed. Any date can be disputed, a sacred historical fact can be questioned, transferred to the laughter on the stage, spit on the Church. After all, the postponement of the Nativity of the Savior to January 1 entails the postponement of the Annunciation to April 1.
    As you know, a church body has been approved to prevent blasphemy. Why the verb protodeacon has immunity is mocked with impunity over the shrines. What is immunodeficiency vigilance?
    If we do not stop the modernists, the consequences will be dire. What is terrible is not that we will have well-deserved sorrows, but that the holy places are desecrated with general indifference. Everyone is already tired of reacting to the unsinkable renovationists, shocking and mockery in the Church is not taken seriously. "

21. Dimitri:

    Kuraev posted in LiveJournal a very malicious text against the supporters of the Patristic understanding of the Six Day, in which he seeks to present the following to the Holy Fathers as obscurantism and a contradiction not only of the "theory of evolution", but also of geographical facts. The text is called "If anyone does not believe ...". What can be said against this libel?

    diak_kuraev in his LJ -

    "In fact, ALL Orthodox dogma is included in Catholic dogma."

This became one of the most discussed topics in the early days of 2014.

During the meeting, the issue of the lack of a positive reaction on the part of Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev to the decision of the Academic Council of March 12, 2012, in which he was fraternally reminded that: “The title of professor of the Moscow Theological Academy imposes high responsibility for the form and content of public statements, since they are used to judge educational institution and about the whole Church. "

Academic Council stated that Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev regularly appears in the media and in the blogosphere with shocking publications, and that his activities in these areas remain in a number of cases scandalous and provocative.

In this regard, the Academic Council decided to expel Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev from the teaching staff and exclude him from the number of professors of the MDA, bearing in mind that he was awarded the title of professor at another higher educational institution.

Protodeacon Andrey Kuraev: It will be fair to return the purity of life to Kazan seminarians

On the air of the Dozhd TV channel, Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev answered questions about his dismissal.

- Tell me, why were you fired?

- As far as I can judge from the press service of the MDA, for those judgments in the blogosphere that seemed shocking to the Academic Council. For me, as a professional, this is a joyful wording - it means that there are no complaints about me as a professor of the Academy - those lectures that I read, those books that I wrote on my subject "Missiology" - there are no complaints. It's good.

- Has anyone ever been fired from the Moscow Theological Academy before you for speaking out on blogs?

- For this they fired Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky, who taught at the MDA for 36 years, and then ran for the State Duma on the list of not monarchists, but cadets. But he was not fired by the Academic Council. There was a decision of the Synod, the rector insisted - and so that all colleagues get dirty - this is the first time.

- Why didn't your colleagues speak out against it?

- I was not at the Council, it happened in my absence, I had, unfortunately, the funeral of a person close to me, but I was told that there were different voices, both in essence and in procedure. A significant part of the MDA professors, they are also professors and graduates of Moscow State University, are people of university culture. And in my mind - and I have been teaching at Moscow State University for 20 years, as in the minds of other graduates of Moscow State University, it is inconceivable that the Academic Council of Moscow State University fired a professor for what he does outside the university space, for private statements on the blog. Even in Soviet times it was inconceivable.

- So you were legalized as a church dissident?

- You know, this is a very strange decision, illogical. If the Academy fires me for doing something wrong on my blog, bringing something outside, telling something from church secrets, it instantly means that the entire blogosphere rushes to me. What is happening - in the language of the Internet - is a strengthening of the audience, a multiple strengthening of the audience. That is, the effect is exactly the opposite. They wanted to hide something. On the contrary, it has become extremely obvious.

- The fact that the authorities follow your blog is, on the one hand, flattering for you, on the other hand - have there been such hints before?

- There were such hints, including in the situation with Pussy Wright, when my opinion differed from the official opinion of the Patriarchate. You see, we are talking about issues that are about my conscience.

Archpriest Maxim Kozlov: Unfortunately, the father of the protodeacon did not hear the fraternal admonition that took place more than a year and a half ago, in March 2013, when his corporation asked him to take care of the dignity of the place in which he was called to serve, asked to stop shocking provocative speeches in the mass sphere. information. The problems that exist in the Kazan seminary, and which, in particular, led to the dismissal of the vice-rector, they, like in any theological school, there are certain problems, they are being considered. Dismissal of Fr. Andrei from the MDA professorship should in no way be associated with this Kazan case, in this sense he takes the desirable for the reality.

- What is this Kazan affair?

- This is an unprecedented case - the dismissal of a professor in the middle school year... not at the end, when it was possible not to renew the contract. It is clear that something has happened right now, not sometime in the past. In the past, I had a disagreement about Pussy Riots, but they are now at large. Now this topic is irrelevant.

I spoke harshly about the surrogacy of Philip Kirkorov and Alla Pugacheva, but my position now is the official position of the Church. Check out the Synod's statement at the end of December on surrogacy.

Therefore, the only thing that could be considered scandalous was the Kazan case. At the end of December, a commission headed by Fr. Maksim Kozlov traveled to Kazan in response to numerous complaints from seminarians about sexual harassment from the leadership of this seminary. They tried to contact the local metropolitan for many years. The commission also went to the honor of Father Maxim - it confirmed their correctness. A survey of seminarians was conducted - out of 74, 42 or more said that harassment had occurred.

The vice-rector, who was accused, was fired from the post of vice-rector, but this was not transferred to the police. And the boss sticking to a subordinate is an article. There was no appeal to the prosecutor's office, there was no church court, it was not announced that this would be done, there was no removal of dignity or a ban, he was immediately issued a free flight, he began to look for a new place of improvement and found it in the Tver diocese. I wrote about this, but I'm not the first, I took it from the Kazan press.

Then when the local seminarians saw that I was on their side, they began to send me their claims. In particular, they sent me a speech by Metropolitan Anastassy in front of them after the departure of the commission, they say, how dare you complain, we will feed you, and you have betrayed me, and so on.

- Did you expect any reaction?

- A normal reaction is what the test results are about. Maxim Kozlov is being transferred to the Investigative Committee. So far, it turns out that there is a scandal in the Kazan seminary, but for some reason I am fired for it.

- Our speaker explained that you wishful thinking, and the motives were different.

- He bends his soul and wishful thinking. There are no other motives.

- He said that you were warned about something and then you did not hear.

- In March there was a meeting of the Scientific Council dedicated to me, specially convened: in March we usually do not hold meetings, only at the end of December and at the end of May. There was one issue on the agenda - Kuraev and Pussy Riots. But my statements were not scandalous - the offer to feed pancakes - what is shocking here? What is scandalous here?

- Have there been such scandals before?

- Were. For example, in Yekaterinburg in 1994 there was a scandal with Bishop Nikon of Yekaterinburg, but only when it went to the press. The patriarchy did not react in any way. When the prospect of a criminal case arose and the press at the federal level began to react, an inspection commission from the Patriarchate was sent with a grunt and the decision was this: to fire everyone. Bishop - according to the wording - for not controlling the situation in the diocese. That is, not for pedophilia, but for the fact that the squeak was heard outside the walls of the diocese.

- What else could have influenced your comments on blogs?

- Everything else has been tested for many years in the framework of normal theological discussion.

- Will you try to appeal the decision?

- I think it will be unpleasant for my colleagues. I do not like to appear where they do not expect me. Even if the Patriarchate forces them to re-vote, it will still be unpleasant. People made their decision one way or another, albeit in violation of protocol.

- So you don't want to fight for justice?

- For me, it will be fair if the purity of life is returned to the Kazan seminarians.

- You write that the “official position of the ROC” on current political topics in its claim to infallibility and intra-church commitment is a theological remake ...

- There is no such term in the Bible and in the ancient canons of the Church. There are commandments, there are church dogmas, canons - we all know them. But there is no such rule that if the church leadership has given any commentary on social and political life, then all members of the Church must agree with this. All comments are inevitably partisan, that is, this is the opinion of the part (the word “party” is from the word “part”). And the Church unites people on the basis of faith in Christ. Therefore, the Church cannot put a political party filter upon entering itself and cannot demand political loyalty.

There are 5 people in the Church - Patriarch, Metropolitan Hilarion, Archpriest. Vsevolod Chaplin, Vladimir Romanovich Legoida - they have such a hard job - to conduct GR - dialogue with the government - they have to pay compliments to the government. But they do not require all priests to say the same in their sermons.

I have been teaching at Moscow State University for 20 years, already now I am receiving very interesting proposals from various universities in Moscow and abroad, my writing work is always with me. I am not such an idiot as to take the position of a man who was kicked off the train, and he shouts from afar: "You will crash without me now!" Everything will be fine in the Church, wonderful people have remained at the Academy, whom I respect and put above myself in terms of theological level. I am not going to leave the Church. Patriarch Kirill is my canonical Patriarch.

- Are you not afraid of further persecution?

- It is possible that I will be expelled from several more commissions where I am a member. I might be deprived of my dignity. Probably, the dioceses will be afraid to invite me to lecture. If the bishops are afraid to invite me, how do you go about the mission? They say to me: “Write books” - show me the publishing house that will agree to publish me. We'll have to go out into the secular field more.

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Archpriest Vladislav Tsypin,

Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy commented on the reason for the exclusion of Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev from the professorship

“The Council of the Academy did not discuss the position of Father Andrey on theological, church-historical issues, or on issues of relations between the Church, state and society. Ethical issues were the reason. Since Father Andrei was already warned about two years ago about the need to change the tone of his publications, to introduce it into the framework church etiquette, but neglected this warning, then the Theological Academy had no choice but to take administrative measures ”.

Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin:

He was sympathetic to the decision to expel Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev from the number of professors of the Moscow Theological Academy (MDA), noting that sometimes his statements were perceived as contradicting documents that express the conciliar will of the Church. “I am not a judge or a boss to him (Kuraev - ed.), But the decision was made by the faculty corporation of the Moscow Theological Academy; in my opinion, it is quite clearly explained. I personally could add only one thing: when visiting the regions, meeting with clergy and laity, I constantly hear questions about some of Fr. Andrey's statements, and these are critical questions, ”Chaplin told RIA Novosti when asked to comment on the decision of the MDA leadership regarding Kuraev. As the clergyman explained, many people with whom he had to meet, "believe that in order to make an original and unexpected statement, he sometimes went far enough from the conciliar self-awareness of our Church, from positions that are shared by the absolute majority of its clergy and laity." ... These statements of Kuraev “sometimes contradicted the documents, which expressed the conciliar will of the Church,” added the agency's source.

According to Chaplin, a bright, original, non-standard statement is not always a bad thing, and “today, in order to shout to people, sometimes you need to speak briefly and brightly”.

“But on many issues - let us at least recall the history of blasphemy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, or the view of Russian statehood, the principles of church life, the possibility of a Christian turning to power to protect the values ​​and shrines that are significant for Christians - the opinion of Fr. by what they think and what they say, with a few exceptions, practically all the pastors and laity of our Church. And it's worth listening to their voice, because this voice lies in the mainstream Orthodox tradition based on the Gospel and being God's revelation to people, ”said the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Archpriest Maxim Kozlov

According to Archpriest Maxim Kozlov, the decision to expel Kuraev from the number of professors of the MDA "concerns a person speaking in the public sphere - this is not some kind of disciplinary charge or a violation of professional discipline within the corporation."

Prot. Maxim Kozlov noted that the Protodeacon, in turn, “did not inform the Academic Council of the Academy that he would not be present at it”. As the clergyman noted, the methods of making decisions at the Academic Council are different. “The overwhelming majority of the issues discussed at the Council do not imply a vote by hand, let alone some kind of secret ballot. We have an academic corporation, a family where people discuss certain issues with each other, and when it is clear that a consensus and a common vision of the situation has been achieved, then this does not require any formal procedures with vote counting, ”said Archpriest. Maxim Kozlov RIA Novosti.

“It’s strange to say that we are discussing the statements of a person who was not present himself (at the meeting of the MDA council) and writes (about what happened there). Maxim Kozlov.

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How vile and vile Fr. Andrei Kuraev has been behaving lately.

I will not talk again about his sympathies for the Swamp rally and the opposition, I do not want to repeat about his "fabulous" perception of the performance of the scandalous punk group in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, and I will not even remind you of Fr.Kuraev's turning the truth inside out, when the blasphemers' guilt suddenly turned with some kind of fright at the blame of Christians.

I will say about something else, which earlier only vaguely and casually drew my attention, but I hoped (and even was sure) that these were just my personal suspicions.

I have been reading Fr Kuraev's blog since its inception and I remember well that any impudent and offensive remarks about the Church and His Holiness the Patriarch were removed by Fr Andrei immediately.
But for about a year now, I began to pay attention to the fact that scolding Patriarch Kirill, calling him "Gundyaei" and something like that in Fr Andrei's LiveJournal is considered acceptable.
For example, no comments, for example, on Dmitry Bykov's insult in his article "Tolokonny foreheads" of the Holy Patriarch - from Kuraev followed, although I addressed this question to him in a personal message and in a blog.
When Father Andrei re-posted the boorish feuilleton about "The Tooth of the Bear Seraphim of Sarov", it also seemed to me that the irony was directed not only at the people who stood at the Belt of the Virgin in those days, but also at His Holiness the Patriarch.
Kuraev's phrase about tactlessness, addressed to the speech of Patriarch Kirill at a meeting with Putin, deprived me of the hope that I was mistaken in my guesses.
And the instruction of Kuraev on "Echo of Moscow" about when and how the Patriarch should speak about the hooligan trick of the punk group, is it not arrogance?

And now the last point was set the other day, all doubts were dropped. I do not think that a person who calls himself a missionary, who knows how to read lectures about Orthodoxy and the Church well and smoothly, who bears the rank of protodeacon of the Russian Orthodox Church, has the right to speak so boorishly about the Patriarch, and even on the Internet, and not in his own kitchen in Moscow. ...

What am I talking about?
And here's what.

Many people know (or guess) that Fr. Andrew has doubles (clones) in LJ - accounts created by him, which he often uses for comments both in his blog and in others.
I know for sure about two of several such clones of Kuraev.
Who are they talking about more often in their comments? Of course, about yourself, your beloved.
In itself, this is neither bad nor good. Anyone has the right to probably create their own clone blogs. And I would not talk about it now, but Father Kuraev crossed the line.

In recent days, one of his clones has spread information that Kuraev on Monday, March 12, will be examined at an academic council at the Moscow Theological Academy. I note that a real decent man would not cluck about it like a frightened rooster. Or I would say, but honestly and openly on my main blog. But Father Andrei was used to acting differently (in circles, but in fields with swamps), causing a stir-psychosis of the public and then observing the same thing.

But this is half the trouble. The same clone of Fr. Andrei issued on March 8 such a pearl, which I am personally outraged to the limit. And I do not wish to be silent about it.
In the topic of the article, V.R. Legoyda, Kuraev comments, hiding behind the back of his double, as follows:

"Legoyda's words are deceitful. It is the church that demands reprisals, and it is his holy chief who demands reprisals against girls and even Kuraev."

WHAT IS FATHER ANDREW?
So, you have Legoyda - cunning, the Church demands reprisals (note, precisely reprisals, and not a legal decision of the court!), His Holiness the Patriarch is called Kuraev - "the holy chief", and Kuraev himself emphasizes the analysis of the words and deeds of the pancake maker Kuraev with the word "EVEN"!
Oh, God, how dare the Moscow Theological Academy, how dare His Holiness the Patriarch touch this sacred cow ?! And where did you get the information that His Holiness demands reprisals against you? A? Dunno told from the moon or some other Judas invented?

Father Andrey,
You have crossed the line and your nasty and mean quirks behind the backs of your clones are disgusting.
Whatever you say, trying (in your opinion) to conform to the Gospel, such your behavior only causes contempt and dislike for you, as a dishonest and deceitful person.
You must be able to answer for your words and deeds, if you really apologize for long years never learned.

God bless His Holiness Patriarch Kirill!