Patriarch Kirill
The Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill said about the use of exorcism of evil spirits to treat the Russians with diseases of the mind. According to the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), prayer can help in cases when doctors are powerless. His words leads RIA Novosti.
Kirill noted that “the people do not receive healing, even ease your ailment through an appeal to the doctors, come to Church.” “And since ancient times there is a rite for expulsion of demons from people, read a special prayer written by St. Basil the Great. And a spiritually strong pastors help people to get rid of this terrible obsession”, — said the Patriarch.
He also added that the specialists in the field of psychiatry “is sometimes faced with such mental phenomena which cannot be explained by disease.”
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church noted that despite the opinion of sceptics on this issue, the task of the Church is to “remind them that this power is real and that the victim impact of this force can be everyone who is deprived of the experience of prayer and who himself was separated from God.”
In March the Ekaterinburg fourth graders witnessed an exorcism during a tour in Sredneuralskaya convent. They showed the exorcism of 12-year-old girl, who barked and shouted a male voice. In the diocese promised to look into the situation and results of the audit made “organizational conclusions”. In particular, increased plaque, restricting the entrance to the temple at the time of such ceremonies.