MOSCOW, Apr 25 there was not a single traitor, they all gave their lives to serve the people, said Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.
«Even if we critically evaluate the activities of everyone who was in power in Russia, then, of course, more commendable words can be said about someone, less commendable about someone, but there was not a single traitor among them. one who, while serving his fatherland, thought about the well-being of others. These were people who completely gave their lives and their fate into the hands of God and dedicated it to serving the people,» he said in a sermon at the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin on Tuesday.
He noted that among the royal persons who bore the highest state responsibility in the history of Russia, there are also saints — not only because they were good managers, but also because of the holiness manifested in life. “The examples of our holy kings, queens, grand dukes and princesses should be examples for everyone who is in power today … Their ministry can only be compared with monasticism: they were all married people, married, because it was supposed to be, because from parents to children royal power also passed, but they were family people, but they lived not for themselves, but for the Church, for the people and for the state,» said the primate of the Russian Church.
On Tuesday of the second week after the Resurrection of Christ (this year on April 25), the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Radonitsa — a special day of commemoration of the departed. As the priests note, the «fun» name is due to the fact that it falls on the period of the celebration of Easter — it is celebrated within 40 days after the Resurrection of Christ. The word «radonitsa» comes from the fact that on this day people share Easter joy with the departed.