Priest John Burdin, fined 35,000 rubles for an anti-war sermon, left the parish of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in the Kostroma village of Karabanovo, where he was rector. Elena Glubokovskaya, a parishioner, spoke about this.
“Father John’s last service is now taking place in Karabanovo. He's leaving. Myself. No one forced him to do this,” she said. The parishioner added that the priest had gone «for the time being» to nowhere. alt=»1″ />«Thou shalt not kill» we can't violate so easily.» The priest's monologue, against whom a protocol was drawn up for an anti-war sermon
On March 10, Burdin was fined under an article about discrediting the Russian army. On March 20, Glubokovskaya said that part of the parishioners began collecting signatures demanding that Burdin be removed from the staff. The head of the Kostroma Metropolis Ferapont (Kashin) criticized the priest for his anti-war sermon.