Patriarch Kirill promised that the church will never recognize sinful same-sex marriages such coexistence of people will always be a special sin. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said this in an interview with the Russia 1 TV channel.
He opposed the idea of equalizing same-sex relations with traditional ones and noted that because of her the position of the church in Western countries that recognize such unions at the legislative level, has become vulnerable. “Here's a simple thing: the Orthodox Church does not agree and will never agree with the newfangled idea of marriage,” he stated.
At the same time, Kirill called Russia not just a free country, but a real “leader of the free world “. “This is a real fact. I can imagine what will be the reaction from different sides to these words of mine, but I can prove, “he suggested.
As the main proof, the patriarch cited the assertion that Russia is free from outside influences and chooses its own path. According to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, there are no sharp contradictions in the country.
Earlier, the head of the Synodal Department for the interaction of the church with society and the media of the Moscow Patriarchate, Vladimir Legoyda, said that the Russian Orthodox Church will continue to consider abortion as murder, except in cases where when it is done for medical reasons. “When we understand that the fetus will not survive by 200 percent,” said the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church. According to him, even taking drugs for early termination of pregnancy is considered an abortion for the church, which means that it is an unacceptable procedure.