Earlier, his press secretary Alexander Volkov said that it was not the church’s business to evaluate the film by Alexei Uchitel.
The words of the press secretary of Patriarch Kirill do not reflect the opinion of the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church himself. So in a conversation with NSN commented the faction deputy “ United Russia» Natalia Poklonskaya a statement by priest Alexander Volkov that it is not the church’s business to evaluate Alexei Uchitel’s film “Matilda.”
“Currently, the patriarch has not expressed his opinion. He only said that this story was “twisted.” The letters that I have set out the official position of the Russian Orthodox Church. This is a letter from [the head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk] Hilarion, from the Holy Archimadrite [of the Panteleimon Monastery of the Constantinople Patriarchate on Mount Athos] Evlogius, and other figures of the Russian Orthodox Church. They say one thing: this film cannot be regarded in any other way than as an insult to the feelings of believers and desecration of Orthodox shrines. The very idea of the film already offends the feelings of believers, which contains signs of both an administrative and a criminal offense. And I have no official confirmation of everything that has just been said in the press. There have been no such requests from the Russian Orthodox Church,” she emphasized.
The parliamentarian recalled that she sent 100 thousand signatures of citizens against the Teacher’s painting to law enforcement agencies.
“Every day new requests from citizens are received, despite the fact that I am on vacation. 100 thousand is not the limit,” she said.
At the same time, the interlocutor NSN supported the director, who called on law enforcement agencies to investigate the calls of the organization “Christian State - Holy Rus'” to burn cinemas if “Matilda” is released.
“In this I fully support Alexey Uchitel. I believe that law enforcement agencies should immediately respond and stop such radical statements. And take into account that even today this film, which has not yet been released to the public, has already caused similar extremist manifestations. Therefore, it is unacceptable that a decision was made to issue him a rental certificate. The film has already caused discord in society and has already led to crimes being committed. Is it possible to allow further development such negative consequences? - she warned.
Earlier, the press secretary of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus', priest Alexander Volkov, said that the scandalous film by Alexei Uchitel about the novel of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II, recognized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church, and prima Mariinsky Theater Matilda Kshesinskaya, is a work of art, and the director is free to express his vision using necessary methods and tools.
Alexei Uchitel's film Matilda, released in 2017, caused serious opposition in society. On the one hand, believers and the Orthodox Church, who saw in the plot of the film an insult to Nicholas II, who was canonized as a saint, and on the other, art historians and film critics who defend the opinion that such a film has the right to exist and that the personality of the sovereign is presented truthfully in it, exactly the same as he was during life.
Reasons for disagreement
Even before the film's release, Orthodox activists began to demand an official ban on broadcasting the film. The fact is that the premiere of the film “Matilda”, scheduled for March 2017, telling about the love of the last emperor and a ballerina, coincided with such a significant event for Russia as the 100th anniversary of the February Revolution in 1917.
The Orthodox Church opposes the film "Matilda"
Member of the Presidential Council for Culture and Arts, Bishop Tikhon Shevkunov - church scriptwriter and author of one of these famous books, how “Unholy Saints” a meeting was organized with Alexei Uchitel, on the basis of which it can be concluded what exactly the Orthodox Church has complaints about the film.
Recognizing the director’s genuine talent, Bishop Tikhon highlights the possibility of his creative self-expression main factor, influencing the assessment of the film by the Orthodox Church - the premiere of the film is scheduled exactly at the time of the coup in Russia and the abdication of the emperor. According to the priests, these dates did not coincide by chance; their purpose was to tarnish the image of the last emperor, using non-existent moments of his biography for this purpose.
To which the Teacher responds by saying that when creating the film, documentary sources were researched, and the love of Nicholas II and Matilda Kshesinskaya took place. In addition, the church entered into a war against the film without watching it in its entirety, but was guided only by watching the trailer for the film, and based on it drawing conclusions about the entire content of the film.
About the film "Matilda"
The story behind the creation of the film about the passion of the last emperor is as follows. According to the director, the plot of the film was suggested to him famous comedian Vladimir Vinokur. However, Vinokur suggested making a movie about the life famous ballerina- Matilda Kshesinskaya. The fact is that the Vinokur Foundation, which supports projects in the field of culture and art, is primarily associated with ballet. In Vladimir’s family, his daughter and his wife Tamara, who was once a ballerina, practice ballet professionally. So the initiative to create this film belongs rather to the female part of the Vinokur family.
After reading the script, Alexey Uchitel realized that it would be boring for him to make a film only about Matilda and her life in ballet, and then he proposes to rewrite the script and introduce the main character - Nicholas II. The reason why the Teacher wanted to reveal the identity of the emperor to the audience in all aspects lies on the surface - it seemed to him that too little was known about this man in Russia. And then he appeared completely new script, authored by Alexander Terekhov.
Tsar Nicholas II canonized in the Russian Orthodox Church
This time the film covered the period of Nikolai Alexandrovich's life several years before his coronation, which occurs only at the very end of the film.
Important! Alexey does not deny the fact that there is a place in the film and fiction, however, it does not prevail over historical facts.
The director also says that he did not pursue any attempt to denigrate the personality of Nicholas II, and the presence of such a film in Russian cinema will not play a role in the perception of the image of the last emperor. On the contrary, it will reveal the personality of the sovereign from the other, human side, especially since he became a saint only by accepting martyrdom.
Church attitude
Despite the fact that the film “Matilda” was released in cinemas, the Orthodox community demanded its ban until the very end. Many clergy, not yet having had time to watch the film, insisted that they could already get an idea of the film from the short trailer, and that the content of “Matilda” offended their religious feelings.
For a person far from faith, such statements are more than incomprehensible. Alexey Uchitel, with his film, breaks the stereotype of perceiving the emperor only in terms of his holiness.
Important! The film allows the average viewer to understand that Nicholas II is a living person, with the trials, temptations and falls characteristic of any other person.
The opinion of the priests
Everyone known fact that the royal family is numbered among the holy great martyrs and therefore, in the opinion of the priests, only people related to Orthodoxy can touch at least some level on the topic of the Romanovs.
It goes without saying that all films that may be released about members of the family of the last emperor should, in one way or another, emphasize their modest life, full of trials, thereby preparing viewers for the climax - the painful death of the entire royal family.
The position of the Orthodox Church on the film "Matilda"
Opinions of historians: The script of “Matilda” is a fiction of the worst taste
Moscow, September 25. The script of the film "Matilda", submitted several months ago for review to two famous Russian historians - the president of the Faculty of History of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, professor, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences S.P. Karpov and scientific supervisor State Archive RF, Head of the Department of History Russia XIX- the beginning of the 20th century, Faculty of History, Moscow State University, to Professor S.V. Mironenko was subjected to severe criticism from them.
“The script of the film “Matilda” has nothing to do with the historical events that it tells about, except that only the names of the characters correspond to reality, and the heir-Tsarevich had an affair with Matilda Kshesinskaya. The rest is a complete fabrication of the worst taste,” says the summary of the conclusion of S.P. Karpov and S.V. Mironenko.
“The very first scene evokes a smile and great bewilderment. Matilda Kshesinskaya did not run up to the choir of the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin during the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II, did not shout: “Nicky, Niky!”, and the emperor himself did not faint. All this is an invention of the scriptwriters, resurrecting lines from famous novel Ilf and Petrov: “The Countess runs across the pond with a changed face.” Only in Ilf and Petrov it is grotesque and irony, and in the script there is the harsh “truth” of the heroes’ lives, as it appears to the author,” the Moscow State University professors continue.
According to historians, the film's script is filled with inventions of the worst taste, which have nothing to do with real events, much less with the feelings of the characters.
“What is the scene worth when Nicholas’s father is the Emperor Alexander III chooses a mistress for his son from among the ballerinas of the Mariinsky Theater. Do I need to explain that such vulgarity could only be born in the head of a person who has no idea about real relationships in royal family, and even in the court environment,” note S.P. Karpov and S.V. Mironenko.
Historians recalled that although Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna were not sinless people, in their lives and relationships there was no place for vulgarity, which is in the film script.
“There were different situations in their lives, and their activities are assessed differently by historians. There was only one thing missing - vulgarity and dirt. Namely, the author of the script passes off vulgarity and dirt of the lowest level as historical truth,” the MSU professors emphasize in their conclusion.
Commentary by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk in connection with the aggravation of public debate on the film “Matilda”
Moscow, September 14. The situation surrounding the film "Matilda", unfortunately, is reminiscent of the one that unfolded some time ago around the scandalous French weekly "Charlie Hebdo". Then they tried to put us all in a dilemma: are you with “Charlie” or are you with the terrorists who shot the editorial staff? Now they are trying to put us before a choice: either you support Matilda, or you are with those who call for burning cinemas.
But what about those who are not with some and not with others? For example, I unconditionally and categorically oppose any calls for violence, any threats against anyone, be it the director, actors, distributors, etc. I also oppose the ban on showing the film, and the revival of Soviet-style censorship. But at the same time, I just can’t and don’t want to take the side of those who defend this film.
Unlike most participants in the debate, I watched this film. Nowadays they say: if you haven’t seen it, keep quiet and wait until the film is released. And those who speak out against the film based on the trailer are accused of criticizing without having seen it. I expressed my opinion about the film not on the basis of the trailer, but on the basis of watching it full version. My opinion offended the director who invited me to the preview, but I could not bend my conscience. And I couldn’t keep silent either.
The discussion surrounding the film involves the most different people and groups of people. But today there are thousands of letters expressing outrage. Many people do not understand why it was necessary in the year of the centenary of the revolution in once again publicly spit on a man who was shot along with his family and minor children. The anniversary of the revolution is an occasion for prayer and remembrance of the innocent victims, and not for continuing to spit on their memory.
Not to mention the fact that for the Church, Emperor Nicholas II is a passion-bearer, canonized. And the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, presented in the film as a hysterical witch, is also canonized. On Tsar's days, at least one hundred thousand people gather in Yekaterinburg, who for five hours at night go in procession from the place of his execution to the place of his supposed burial.
I express the hope that in the year of the centenary of the tragic events that resulted in millions of victims for our people, there will be directors, writers and artists who will be able to pay tribute to the memory of the murdered Sovereign.
V.R. Legoyda: Orthodox believers cannot endanger people's lives and health
Moscow, September 11. Chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations of the Church with Society and the Media V.R. Legoida said that acts of violence associated with the film "Matilda" cannot come from religious people.
“Not only an Orthodox Christian, but also any believer would not think of expressing his disagreement with anything in a way that is dangerous to the life and health of innocent people,” said a representative of the Church.
“Whether it’s a cinema or cars in Moscow, all this speaks of spiritual or mental ill-health,” he added.
“The position of the Orthodox community, people who pray in connection with the release of the film “Matilda” or send appeals to those on whom the decision on distribution depends, and acts of demonstrative violence are phenomena from different moral galaxies,” emphasized V.R. Legoida.
“We have condemned, condemn and will condemn the actions of pseudo-religious radicals, no matter what religion they hide behind, because such actions are equally alien to the worldview of any believer,” concluded the chairman of the Department for Relations between the Church and Society and the Media.
A.V. Shchipkov: When expanding the boundaries of creative freedom, it is important not to step on what is sacred to others
Moscow, September 8. Speaking on air television show“Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” on the TV channel “Russia 1”, First Deputy Chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations of the Church with Society and the Media, Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Political Sciences A.V. Shchipkov noted that the absence of boundaries for freedom of creativity inevitably leads to trampling on the feelings of other people.
“We constantly discuss the boundaries of freedom. But it would be more correct to discuss another problem - the problem of the lack of borders. When we begin to discuss the absence of boundaries, our vision expands, we begin to say that the boundaries of what is permitted in art are endless, that it is as if it is impossible to draw boundaries,” said A.V. Shchipkov.
“If the boundaries in creativity and in art are endless, then they inevitably step on things that are sacred to other people,” he added.
The First Deputy Chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations of the Church with Society and the Media recalled that although the film “Matilda” does not pose a direct physical threat, its release on screens will cause a painful reaction from those who revere Tsar Nicholas II.
“Here, of course, we are talking about a film that, in principle, cannot kill or injure anyone. But in fact it can, because we are talking about a person to whom huge amount citizens of our country experience special treatment. When a creator, an artist begins to expand his boundaries of what is permitted, he steps on what is sacred for others,” concluded A.V. Shchipkov.
The Russian Orthodox Church stated that they are not aware of cases of parishioners being excommunicated from Holy Communion because of watching the film “Matilda.” They were forbidden to receive communion for six months, State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya previously stated
Natalia Poklonskaya (Photo: Ilya Pitalev / RIA Novosti)
The issue of canonical punishments, which deputy Natalya Poklonskaya spoke about, is “purely the responsibility of the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church,” and not of public activists. This was stated to RBC by Vakhtang Kipshidze, deputy chairman of the department for relations between the church and society and the media of the Moscow Patriarchate.
“I know nothing about the participation of parishioners in closed screenings of the film “Matilda” and the canonical punishments that followed,” said Kipshidze.
At the same time, he noted that representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, including Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk and Bishop Egoryevsky Tikhon, have repeatedly expressed concerns regarding the release of the film “Matilda”.
Earlier, on June 21, State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya told RBC that parishioners of the Russian Orthodox Church who watched Alexei Uchitel’s film “Matilda” at closed screenings were excommunicated from holy communion for six months in churches and monasteries.
“This film is recognized by the church as blasphemy against the Holy Spirit,” Poklonskaya explained.
The creator of the film, Alexey Uchitel, told RBC that information about the organization of any closed screenings of “Matilda” is “a complete lie.”
“Nobody except government officials watched the working version of the film. The film itself is not ready yet. We also, of course, showed the working material to Metropolitan Hilarion, since he is one of the major leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church [Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department of External Relations]. Nobody else [from the Russian Orthodox Church] saw it,” said Uchitel.
Metropolitan Hilarion previously called the film “Matilda” “the apotheosis of vulgarity.” Talking about his impressions of the film, he emphasized his particular surprise at the beginning of the film, where “a ballerina running across the stage of the Mariinsky Theater breaks off her bra and reveals her bare breasts.” "Heir [ future emperor Nicholas II] immediately excitedly gets up from the chair where he was sitting in the royal box. And this is how it begins with this vulgarity, and this is how this whole film continues,” said the Metropolitan.
Deputy Poklonskaya also reacted negatively to the film, despite the fact that she had not seen it. “Those who respect their history, the covenants of their ancestors and their faith will also not watch it. I do not mean representatives of the authorities who, in order to fulfill their job responsibilities or, having special knowledge, are forced to get acquainted with such materials,” she said.
During the traditional “Direct Line with Vladimir Putin” on June 15, answering a question from actor Sergei Bezrukov about the fate of the film “Matilda,” the president said that the dispute was between the director and the parliamentarian. At the same time, Putin noted that he respects the Teacher as a “patriotic” citizen.
The Teacher himself, parrying the president’s argument, expressed excessive surprise at Poklonskaya’s attitude towards the film, which she had not seen and would not like to see.
Natalia Poklonskaya during last year made several attempts to prevent the release of the film “Matilda,” which tells the story of the life of the young Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his relationship with the ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya. The film is due to be released in Russian and foreign distribution on October 26.
Among the measures to prevent the release of the film Teacher that Poklonskaya took in lately, a personal letter to the director with a request to provide materials from the film for re-examination by “experts”. Prior to this, the deputy also demanded that the Prosecutor General’s Office check the film, since she believed that it was an “anti-historical forgery” that “discredits one of the most revered saints - the passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas II and his family.”
Also, at Poklonskaya’s request, the St. Petersburg police inspected Uchitel’s film company “Rock Films,” which produced the film “Matilda,”—the company was checked for compliance with tax laws.
"Matilda" is a film directed by Alexei Uchitel, causing a battle of opinions. The premiere of the film "Matilda", unfortunately, may take place in 2017. Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev) and Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov) expressed their opinions about the film.
After the official trailer for the film "Matilda" was released in 2016, representatives social movement“Royal Cross” announced “distortion historical events” and “anti-Russian and anti-religious provocation in the field of culture,” prompting Natalia Poklonskaya, a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, known for her veneration of Nicholas II, to contact the Prosecutor General’s Office. The latter believes that the film “Matilda” contains scenes that offend the feelings of believers, and declares the need to “prevent the violation of anyone’s rights,” avoiding both restrictions on freedom of creativity and encroachment on the “constitutional rights of citizens.” In December 2016, it was reported that the prosecutor's office would request the script for the film "Matilda" as part of an investigation at the request of deputy Poklonskaya.
In January 2017 it became known about admission to Public Council The Ministry of Culture of Russia received 20 thousand signatures demanding a ban on the film, a random check of which confirmed the real existence of the signatories. The number of official appeals against the film's distribution addressed to Natalia Poklonskaya reached a similar value.
In April 2017, another commission, which Poklonskaya insisted on, having examined the text of the script and two trailers, saw in the film the imposition of a false image of St. Nicholas II on the viewer and an insult to the religious feelings of believers.
Natalya Poklonskaya collected more than one hundred thousand signatures against this film. And 37 more Duma members signed up there. Deputy requests were sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Culture.
“I hope that the positions of the competent authorities will be heard and appropriate measures will be taken within the limits of their authority,” Poklonskaya spoke. “In order to protect and prevent violations of the rights of people who have been knocking for 11 months and waiting for a reaction. But in accordance with the law, a distribution certificate for a film, filmed for state money cannot be extradited if it causes discord and incites hatred on religious grounds. This is what we are seeing. The Minister of Culture and the Russian Prosecutor's Office should pay attention to this. rights and insults to our Orthodox shrines. Even from Ukraine we receive letters in defense of our sovereign. Our history is great and the sovereign is a saint.”
Orthodox residents of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Irkutsk, Omsk, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Tyumen, Biysk, Samara, Syzran, Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, Vladimir, and Moscow took part in the standings.
The prayerful standing of opponents of the film is a civil action, and not an action organized by the Russian Orthodox Church.
The attitude towards the film "Matilda" is largely connected with the attitude towards the Russian Orthodox Church, holy people, holy truth, historical memory and repentance. The premiere of the film, unfortunately, may take place at a time when we need to better understand the revolutionary bloody events of a hundred years ago. Unfortunately, the revolution is not a thing of the past and is not over civil war, and the treacherous mockery of native shrines did not stop.
Moscow. August 10. INTERFAX - Speaker of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia Borukh Gorin considers it correct to issue a distribution certificate for Alexei Uchitel's film "Matilda" and calls on the investigative authorities to investigate speculation around the director's nationality. "The rising Black Hundred anti-Semitic views are part of this disgusting campaign." http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=67894
Perhaps the satirical exposure of the vulgar, blasphemous lampoon will have a greater effect on the millions of Russian ordinary people for whom this market product (according to the Hollywood recipe - food for the redneck people) was concocted.
A few short ironic feuilletons and witty caricatures thrown into the Internet space will do more than hundreds of long publications that the average person does not read.
For example, in the top picture the ballerina has the head of Mr. Teacher, and the faces on the sides are Prime Minister Medvedev and Speaker Gorin, and SPONSORS are looking at all this from above from the clouds...
Poklonskaya accused the Ministry of Culture of extremism after the permission of “Matilda”
Officials of the Ministry of Culture may be held accountable “for violating the law on countering extremist activities” for allowing the screening of “Matilda” in Russia, MP Natalya Poklonskaya is sure.
Magas. August 11. INTERFAX - Head of Ingushetia Yunus-bek Yevkurov:
“It seems to me that films like the one we are talking about should undergo good censorship. At least “Matilda” makes us think about this. We should not be afraid of this. This does not weaken democracy, but, on the contrary, exalts it,” - Y. Yevkurov said in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda radio.
According to him, taking into account the existing realities, it is necessary to make more films that form spiritual values, patriotic views and beliefs and introduce viewers to the cultural traditions of the country. And they should be based on love for the Motherland, love for history. Films are needed for young people and about young people. Raise again the topics of respect for elders and care for younger ones. Raise the layer of interethnic relations. This is what we need now! And - not “Matilda,” says the Ingush leader.
He noted that what made the authorities doubt the screening of the film in Ingushetia was the presence in it of a blasphemous attitude towards to the Russian Emperor Nicholas II.
As reported, the film distributor of Ingushetia, the Druzhba cinema, said that it would refuse to show the film Matilda due to the presence of scenes in it that “contradict religious canons and traditions local residents that offend the feelings of believers, no matter what denomination they belong to."
It is necessary to understand the roots of the “creative workshop” that “teachers” and others like them represent. As well as the direct connection of this workshop with budget managers Russian Federation. Russian composer Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneev wrote in his book “Memories of Russia” that the great Russian composers of the 19th century, in general, almost all came from the noble class, and at the Moscow Conservatory almost the entire teaching staff was purely national, that is, Russian. The same can be said about artists. historical Russia, writers, poets, in a word, about culture Russian Empire. She was Russian. The 1917 coup changed the country's cultural pantheon. So, in place of the Russians Nekrasov, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Fet, Tyutchev, Gumilyov, Lermontov, Bunin, Yesenin, Leskov, Kuprin, Turgenev and many others came Marshak, Vooznesensky, Ehrenburg, Pasternak, Gudzenko, Svetlov, Zabolotsky, Brodsky, Slutsky and others. The Russian spirit was emasculated from literature and, in general, from the culture of the country. The destruction and expulsion of the noble class led to the seizure of literature and art in the USSR by the “small people”. Soviet literature and cinema glorified the security officers, leaders and their revolution, Marxism, and did not even allow the sprouts of Russian national identity. Therefore, they are still promoting their people through their career elevators in the culture and are at war with Russian ideology and the Russian spirit. The Holy Emperor Nicholas II is their main target, for he protected the Russian people and Russian culture from them, for which he suffered a martyr’s death.
Yesterday, Metropolitan Veniamin of Vladivostok and Primorsky sent an appeal to the founder of the film festival “Pacific Meridians” - the Administration of the Primorsky Territory, (Governor V.V. Miklushevsky), to the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, to members of the Organizing Committee and Jury of the XV International Film Festival of the Asian-Pacific Region “Pacific Meridians” ", in which he called not to show the provocative film "Matilda", reports the press service of the Vladivostok diocese.
Metropolitan of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh issued an appeal about the film “Matilda”
During the days of the Dormition Fast - a time of deep prayer, keeping peace and chastity in our hearts, abstaining from discord and condemnation - we are forced into the controversy surrounding Alexei Uchitel's film "Matilda".<...>Let us honestly answer ourselves, do we have the right to look at fantasies, implausible images, experiences concerning the personal life of the holy royal passion-bearers? Can we dare to enter into discussions about the lives of saints, based not on their feats, and not even on historical, documented biographical facts, but on such fictions? Will we be worthy of the feat of our holy predecessors, who bequeathed to us to preserve Holy Rus' with its centuries-old religious and cultural traditions, can we call ourselves continuers of our glorious history great country? Will we fulfill our fatherly duty if we allow these fictions to become accessible to our younger generation?
This is what we must remember when we make our personal free choice: whether or not to watch this film.
Looking at the noisy, deliberately inflamed discussion around the film "Matilda", I urge you to remember that the main response of Christians to emerging threats is to imitate Christ in love, generosity and patience towards everyone who does injustice. This is exactly how the first Christians and the new martyrs of the Russian Church won victory over the persecutors of Christianity... ISIDORUS,
Metropolitan of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh,
(website of the Smolensk Metropolitanate)
You're lying, dog. Orthodoxy teaches us to love the truth and hate untruth. You preach PINK Orthodoxy. Behind the grave you will answer to St. John Chrysostom, Rev. Joseph of Volotsk, king and psalmist David, prophet Elijah and many, many chosen ones of God. Get lost, unclean one. I went back to where I came from.
In the year of the centenary of the bloody catastrophe of 1917, which became the beginning of the most severe persecution of the Church and all believers, a blow is again being prepared for the spiritual foundations of our Fatherland. The revolution led to the brutal murder of the All-Russian Emperor Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov and his entire innocent family. And now forces are rising up, seeking to violate the memory of our Tsar, already glorified along with his family in the guise of the holy Passion-Bearers. The creators of the deceitful and provocative film “Matilda” intend to carry out this desecration.
We appealed to the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, the governor and administration of the Primorsky Territory, who founded the Pacific Meridian Film Festival, and to the organizers of the film festival, with a request to refuse to show this film. However, for now they do not intend to abandon the demonstration of “Matilda” in Vladivostok.
We oppose the desecration of the name of the holy Tsar Martyr Nicholas and his entire holy family! We pray to the Lord that He will not allow this atrocity to happen! So that the Lord will show His mercy to our people and the entire Russian country!