orthodox church has had it easy after decades of state persecution. churches destroyed during the soviet era are being rebuilt with russian tax payor money. the government has spend hundreds of millions of dollars restoring 23,000 churches. most belong to the orthodox church. we found a mix of the growing bond of church and state. >> i belong to the church. we need to look at the islamic countries in the middle east to see the danagers of such a strong relationship between religion and state. >> a human advocate -- they are on a mission to expand powers and influence. >> the new head of the russian orthodox church is going to depart from the old image as a museum religion old and out of date. ♪ ♪ orthodox's church biggest rivals are the churches that are having the biggest growth. >> in the as christianity in russia on the rise, one church in russia reaching thousands. the good new church is the fastest growing congregations in the country. >> in a land where the russian orthodox church dominants, one evangelical charismatic church is creating spiritual waves. >> protestant movement growing very strongly. >> americans are at the forefront

it was the church that sort of tough sentence for them wasn't the official position of the russian orthodox church on this and what is your personal view. that able to see that the church which purposefully sought a tough sentence for the girls this is total nonsense stuff. because there was indeed an argument among russian lewis as to whether the act of the goes was a criminal offense or in the main city of offense. no if you excuse my speculation if i were a judge myself i would have regarded it as an administrative offense. and i would have combined it with only a piece offenses. and i would have handed them down a fine oh about three hundred roubles. you if you were authorized by the church yes that's and if. you ask the court to release them to the church to correct them in some other way. rather than by sending them to prison. no i wouldn't. work. you mean some people can't change. that's not the point that if i were authorized i would give them a three hundred fine and let them walk that would have caused an explosion but people would have said how come you give them a fine for such a terri

the russian orthodox church. you must understand, the russian orthodox church survived and entrusted itself to the post soviet regime because they collaborated. i'll give you one simple example, because it will take too long. many years later when i became a public figure, and i said, this is what i told you about the russian church association. with the security and the kgb. and i publicly called the moscow patriarch. his response was interesting. he invited me to dinner at his home and two of us, just a servant provide -- he would tell me, he said, listen i was an informer, that's correct. you know what, you're a young man. i tell you something. the russian orthodox church, after the communist revolution, one third had to immigrate, the other third were jailed and executed. the third, they had to adjust to realities, i had to survive, i had to -- and this is how we promote. the church. i'm just talking about that because in the old days, the soviet system was built on three pillars. number one, the communist par

has been a russian orthodox church on the site since mighty mary three built by the russian community and foreign time artists suffered considerable damage over the years but was restored several times elegant and exotic in much is the city's cultural heritage perfectly reflecting in the true architectural style of seventeenth century moscow today the church is popular with orthodox worshippers from all over tuscany. crooners head now with a business. hello and welcome to our business up at the south as for joining me right now is sun is moving closer to increasing its share in the russian comic after speaking to r.t. at the devils economic forum they head of the alliance said that the agreement could even come within weeks his plan to raise the share from this current twenty five percent to fifty percent that carl is going expects after the us to have the lion's share in the alliance is growing sales in russia. there is a lot of progress hopefully i'm not going to tell you when but soon we'll be able to announce for you a push people usually hopefully weeks maybe months but i don't t

seventeenth century moscow today the church is popular with orthodox worship as from all over tuscany. the church in florence houses many historic relics of the russian orthodox church including works by both russian and it's how you artists it's on the market you can't miss in florence and it's a place that brings the local russian community closer together welcome addition to prison life in tuscany. although i knew most of the congregation it was her church consisted of people of many nationalities including russians ukrainians georgians greeks italians serbs and bulgarians this church is the first big orthodox cathedral that was built initially then more cathedrals and son removed and barry appeared and only five years ago a big church in rome was built that. tchaikovsky the demeter family to c.s.t. a real russians with a strong connection to italy. twenty minutes outside the city will match between scenery vibrant colors. but what has this park got to do with russian culture. to answer that question let's meet this week's guest. great to meet you thank you very much for it's nice to meet you while we here in this beautiful and i guess a big quest

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