The head of the Department for external Church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the release of the program “Church and world” on TV channel “Russia 24”, speaking on the topic of expensive cars, which go the priests, noted that most of the bishops, the highest leaders of the Church. Video posted on YouTube.
“First, of course, expensive cars not many priests. They maybe go the bishops, the highest leaders of the Church, and most priests, especially those who serve in rural areas, people with very limited incomes”, — he stressed.Most priests are moved or cheap cars, or public transport.
However, according to Metropolitan Hilarion, if the priest sees that “anything about his behavior, his appearance causes temptation, then you need to give it up”, sacrificing their comfort.”Unfortunately, very often people pay attention to some external things, on all the external trappings and forget the most important thing is that the Church gives millions of people the meaning of life,” said the Metropolitan.