ROC inquisitors ban Russian culture

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

In 1860, the famous researcher of Russian folk art A. N. Afanasyev published another collection of folk tales. But the chief prosecutor of the Holy Synod, Count A. P. Tolstoy sent a letter to the Minister of Public Education:

Regarding Mr. Afanasyev’s book published (that is, passed by the censor Naumov) under the title “Russian Folk Legends”, the highly enlightened Metropolitan Philaret addressed me with a letter in which he explained that … fairy tales were added to the name of Christ the Savior and the saints in this book, offending pious feelings, morality and decency, and that it is necessary to find a means to protect religion and morality from printed blasphemy and desecration!

As a result, the order of the General Directorate of Censorship was ordered to prohibit the reprinting of the new edition of the book "People's Russian Legends Collected by Afanasyev", and 5000 already printed copies were destroyed.

It should be noted that pagan images of our ancestors have come down to us in Russian folk tales, and their archetypes have also been transferred.

For a thousand years, the followers of the Orthodox Inquisition destroyed almost all the ancient monuments associated with popular beliefs on the territory of Russia.

The ROC does not stop there today. In 2001, the Vologda diocese declared Father Frost a pagan deity.

In the same 2001, in the city of Kirillov, the Vologda diocese closed the unique fabulous museum of Baba Yaga. Bishop Maximilian accused the fairytale heroine of Satanism: she will lure the geese-swans into a totalitarian sect, then she will steal small children.

In order to attract tourists, the village of Kukoboy in the Pervomaisky district of the Yaroslavl region was declared the birthplace of Baba Yaga. In Kukoboi, a hut was built and costumed performances were organized. Baba Yaga festivals began annually in the summer. In addition, Poshekhonye, the regional center of the Yaroslavl region, was declared the birthplace of the merman.

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The Yaroslavl Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church came out with a sharp condemnation of these phenomena. An official statement from the diocese said:

The dominant power patronizes the deification of fairytale heroes: Baba Yaga and the Water One. Artificially created neo-pagan temples, in which pseudo-religious rituals begin to be performed, children are involved in these rituals. Hiking trails are laid to the demonic temples. Thousands of people are involved in demon worship, causing terrible harm to their Immortal souls …

If the water and Baba Yaga are closer to the authorities than Christ, the Mother of God and our saints, then such a power is deserving of regret, just like the people who chose it.

As Father Alexander, rector of the Savior Church, said:

The dictionary says: “a fabulous monster, a big woman over witches.” What does this mean? That she is Satan’s assistant. I didn’t come up with this. She’s simple-haired and in one shirt, without girdle. Both are the height of outrage.

Also, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, Deputy Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, also warned against flirting with Baba Yaga. According to the correspondent of the newspaper "Moskovsky Komsomolets" I. Bobrova, during the holiday of Baba Yaga (2005), priests from the Yaroslavl diocese arrived in the village of Kukoboy. People in robes shouted insults at those present, frightened tourists and local residents that God's punishment would overtake them! The performer of the role of Baba Yaga was shouted: “Demonicism! Go away".

From the point of view of supporters of the Slavic (classical) origin of Baba Yaga, an important aspect of this image is that she belongs to two worlds at once - the world of the dead and the world of the living. (Encyclopedia "Slavic mythology and epic", article "Beliefs of the ancient Slavs"). The “spiritual vanguard” of Orthodox hierarchs, like the Taliban, who scold Christians as “cross-worshipers” and enlisted them as nonhumans on the basis of religion, smears the mythological Baba Yaga with tar and calls them evil spirits. The origin of this heroine goes back to ancient times and stems from long-gone civilizations.

In fairy tales, Baba Yaga, despite the external unattractiveness and negative features, often helped the main character. These are echoes of old knowledge, because in pre-Christian times, Mother Yaginya was in a positive way. This formed the basis for the adaptation of the song by Andrei and Tatiana Shadrovs.

Many volumes of interesting studies have been written about the origin and meaning of such "banal" fairy-tale characters as Baba Yaga, Koschey, Vasilisa the Beautiful, the Serpent Gorynych and others, which are based on the ancient cultural sources not only of Russia, but also of Southeast Asia and Ancient Greece, The Middle East and Scandinavia.

We should also recall the recent scandal with the publication of a censored version of the tale about the priest and his worker Balda A. S. Pushkin, which turned into “The Tale of merchant Kuzma Ostolopand his worker Balda”. The new version was published by the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the city of Armavir in the Kuban with a circulation of 4,000 copies.

See also: Citizens priests, have you eaten your ear?

Returning to the book "Russian Legends Collected by Afanasyev", we can assume one more reason why it was banned - it contains the word JIDES. It is enough to download the book and open it on the 13th page to be convinced of this.

Most likely, even then someone really wanted the word JIDES, genetically retaining a negative meaning and calling for extreme caution, to be forgotten by the Russians …