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Yes, the War gives Russians a huge shot at being the good guys and victims and a reprieve from the ugly memories of the Terror and Gulag, which they desperately want to forget. So yes, they see the Communist flag in that context as good.Is it possible that part of this is formed by the remembrance of the Great Patriotic War? Though manipulated, Orthodoxy was genuinely revived as part of fighting for Mother Russia against the Nazis. ( I know you know this much better than I might).
The hammer & sickle flag is not good but it was the flag of the blood, sweat, & tears of those who died for Mother Russia for better or worse. This flag is actually anti Orthodox ( I think) yet if I was Russian, it would probably be part of my picture of what I would think in memory of my grandfather ( etc.) fighting in World War II.
The Moscow region. I was married and spent my first six months here under Gorbachev.
It is true that Stalin relaxed his persecution of the Church during the War. He needed every able body, including the Orthodox, and he simply couldn’t afford to alienate them.
What is your point? I know that but back during WW II, American Orthodox people would have seen a prayer for victory from Patriarch Sergius of Moscow in their prayer books. Times are usually tough; Sergius was probably revered then & later usually reviled to some degree.
My point was that Orthodoxy was not "revived" under the Soviets/Stalin during WW2. Stalin killed and imprisoned so many Orthodox in the 30s....
Stalin's murders surpass Hitler's. History just can't stand painting a former ally as that evilI know, Stalin ranks alongside Hitler as a murderer. Hitler was even a former ally of Stalin; they both, for ex., almost destroyed Poland in 1939. Communists are the biggest parasites, opportunists, & murderers. Mao stood down while Chiang Kai Shek bled to death fighting Japan. French Marxists backed Hitler & Vichy until Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. They riot & burn American cities making them unlivable for generations destroying social structure & law enforcement etc. etc. etc.
Of course it wasn’t a “revival” of Orthodoxy; it was just a reprieve from persecution.My point was that Orthodoxy was not "revived" under the Soviets/Stalin during WW2. Stalin killed and imprisoned so many Orthodox in the 30s....
Of course it wasn’t a “revival” of Orthodoxy; it was just a reprieve from persecution.
However, I have a friend who is mad on the idea that Stalin was secretly tonsured after the war as a monk and believes in his genuine repentance.
I’m not surprised. People who emigrate to Russia can be prone to wear rose glasses at times; they’re certainly motivated to justify their choice. It’s just inconsistent with other known facts about his life.A website run by an Orthodox priest who moved from the States to Russia in the hopes of fleeing from the "Godless morality" of the Western world suggests that Putin has also been secretly tonsured a monk at Mount Athos and is living a monastic life in secrecy.
Doesn't the Leader of the Communist Party on Russia go to Church often?
However, I have a friend who is mad on the idea that Stalin was secretly tonsured after the war as a monk and believes in his genuine repentance.
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