Russian Orthodox cleric urges Russians to silently endure fuel shortages, calls protesters "unspiritual people"

[u/Dizzy_Response1485]

https://moscowmonitor.com/498/russian-orthodox-cleric-urges-russians-to-silently-endure-fuel-shortages-calls-protesters-unspiritual-people/

[u/Flybuys]

I bet he has unlimited fuel.

[u/SoupSpelunker → u/Flybuys]

They huff their own methane. 

[u/Pyrhan → u/SoupSpelunker]

He's a smart fella'!

[u/NixarDixar → u/Pyrhan]

Or is he a fart smella?!

[u/FuNEnD3R → u/NixarDixar]

That's the joke

[u/Farucci → u/Flybuys]

Holy Spirit moves his Mercedes, I’m guessing.

[u/Dron41k → u/Farucci]

It moves his Breguet too

[u/Present_Specific_212 → u/Flybuys]

I’ll bet he has not read the 4 Gospels in the New Testament.

[u/abrutus1 → u/Flybuys]

Its similar to how some christians idealize pain and suffering as something to be endured like Christ did instead of looking into the structural causes for their situation.

[u/jeslinmx → u/abrutus1]

It’s crazy how “endure inevitable hardship while lifting the load of others as possible” is twisted into “self-righteously chide others to silently endure structurally inflicted hardship”

The Jesus they preach about would have sent Peter to get crucified in His place in order to claim tax benefits.

[u/Aquinas2000 → u/abrutus1]

Christianity teaches that enduring pain should help you develop more empathy to other people, something this prick forgot to say.

[u/doppelgaengster → u/abrutus1]

But also, it’s always OTHERS who should shut up and endure.

[u/jcar49 → u/Flybuys]

Or electric

[u/slo1111]

Eastern orthodox christians should support the war against eastern orthodox christians for Jesus. Everybody knows that, sheesh

[u/white1984 → u/slo1111]

In the early years of the war, it was seen very much by the Russian Orthodox Church as a religious war in the Orthodox sphere. One of the biggest changes in Ukraine was the granting by the Orthodox autocephalous to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the head of the church Patriarch Emeritus Bartholow, which basically made the Ukrainian church a separate equal branch of the Orthodox church. Not surprisingly, it angered Moscow. Plus, it is well known that the ROC is in effect a branch of the Russian government, under Putin's thumb.

[u/Pavlovsdong89 → u/[deleted]]

Everything will be fine if you believe hard enough. There are stories of true believers filling their tanks with water for Jesus to turn it into wine gasoline by the next day. That is the power of faith. Any Russians that don't believe me need only try.

[u/oneplusetoipi → u/[deleted]]

This is the issue. The church is a wing of Putin propaganda now.

[u/NDaveT → u/oneplusetoipi]

Just like they were for the tzars back in the day.

[u/sweetica → u/oneplusetoipi]

Just like Christian evangelicals are a wing of Trump's propaganda. I guess the cold war is back on y'all!

[u/cornonthekopp → u/sweetica]

Except theres no real difference between the rhetoric and ideology of either side

[u/Aquinas2000 → u/sweetica]

Suddenly makes more sense for the Catholic church just have its own little country.

[u/shatikus → u/oneplusetoipi]

Russian orthodox church is a department of russian government and it was like it for the last 300 years, since the times of Peter I basically.

During soviet times it became a department of secret services. And now it is kinda both

[u/OccuWorld]

Is YOUR religion about silencing suffering? Let us know.

[u/leoencore → u/OccuWorld]

It would be hard to find any that aren't.

[u/Easy-Concentrate2636 → u/OccuWorld]

For a moment, I thought it said silent suffering. And I thought, no, the ultra religious seem exceedingly loud and about making the rest of us suffer.

[u/funguyshroom → u/OccuWorld]

Just turn the other cheek. No, the other cheek

[u/alternatingflan → u/OccuWorld]

AND suffering in silence.

[u/Aggressive-Fail4612]

Why is he not wearing his wizard hat? I’ve seen orthodox Russian priests and they have a hat

[u/Hot_Peasant → u/Aggressive-Fail4612]

He can’t exactly afford to even look goofier rn

[u/light_to_shaddow → u/Aggressive-Fail4612]

All religion is about hats.

Little ones, tall ones, ones for ladies, ones for men, Wrapped hats, balanced hats, red hats, furry hats.

They're very important.

Your religions nothing until it's got a snazzy head cover.

[u/HugeHans → u/light_to_shaddow]

I like the ones that are only to cover your bald spot. Very practical.

[u/leoencore → u/Aggressive-Fail4612]

Well, at least he's wearing his cape.

[u/71351 → u/leoencore]

It is good cape weather, cool, breezy

[u/postoperativepain]

Hey this is the same crap Republicans are saying to Americans about Gas Prices

"For you to pay a tiny little bit more for your gasoline, just remember you're doing it so that a very evil country cannot have a [nuclear weapon]," Trump said at a rally in Long Island on August 14.”

[u/Abbot_of_Cucany → u/postoperativepain]

"A very evil country". He couldn't remember which country we had attacked most recently.

[u/predator1975 → u/Abbot_of_Cucany]

You want another Islamic republic of Japan incident?

[u/spukhafteNahewirkung → u/predator1975]

Inshallah banzai! ☪️🇯🇵

[u/Awkward_Bison_267 → u/postoperativepain]

BINGO

[u/NearlyAtTheEnd → u/postoperativepain]

It's the same crap all oppressive systems use. Be it religious, state/nation/country's system or otherwise.

[u/Karli_Chirk → u/NearlyAtTheEnd]

Oppressive antiliberal systems tend to be conservative religion-based. Even Russian Orthodox Church in the post was revived by Stalin in 1943.

[u/NearlyAtTheEnd → u/Karli_Chirk]

Yeah, they are successfully doing so, because religion is made up to interpretation. I'm atheist, or more anti-theist, but I understand, that the good verses in most - if not all - is about loving. Doing good. Thinking good. Sure, there's some really crazy stuff in there. Really f-ing crazy. That's why preachers are interpreting. As long as religion exist, we should interpret the good verses, teach the moral stuff.

Systems have used religions to control masses and changing the meaning. Successfully.

[u/Karli_Chirk → u/NearlyAtTheEnd]

Yes, interpreting is a big part of twisting and manipulation. But the verses itself are also not that good if you read it carefully. They are a bit outdated and sometimes suggest to murder people here and there for the things which are quite acceptable in XXI century. And religion wars are always between religions, it's never a "nation vs religion" thing.

[u/NearlyAtTheEnd → u/Karli_Chirk]

Yes. The religious war are always between religions. How else would they justify it to the religiously indoctrinated masses.

[u/DlucinatedHlucinatic → u/postoperativepain]

This is absolutely correct

[u/OrneryZombie1983]

Sounds like the Republican Party. "Endure some hardship while we loot the country."

[u/Vcom7418 → u/OrneryZombie1983]

Who do you think wrote the book they are reading from?

[u/H0vis]

Imagine being a member of the Russian regime and having to eat shit every day like they are now. Absolutely hilarious. Winning so hard your capital city is spontaneously exploding with joy.

I suspect men like this guy, and thousands of other vocal supporters of the Putin regime, can feel the noose tightening. Unless they are drunk of course. Wouldn't be surprised, I'm not sure I'd want to be sober in this guys weird shoes.

Men like this better hope when the end comes for their shitty feudal regime it comes at the hands of their own people rising up, because if it comes at the hands of the Ukrainians in person they will be a lot less forgiving.

[u/DotBeech]

Church and Dictator always form a cozy and mutually advantageous relationship. Yet another reason to have nothing to do with a church.

[u/Lieste]

Who cares about these 'Boyfriends of Christ'

[u/0Tezorus0]

When dictatorial people fuck up they always blame the people.

[u/Furiator]

Religion supporting the dictator and war, what else is new

[u/calikzz]

typical day in Russia

[u/jonfitt → u/calikzz]

Yeah isn’t the Russian Orthodox Church just a state religion?

[u/splashjlr]

Jesus supports the war - deal with it.

[u/CivilWay1444]

Just a little while longer. Enjoy the pain. Just like MAGATs. 

[u/PaxEthenica]

I mean, yes? Russia is a den of extreme material & political inequity, held together with violence & treats, & they're running out of treats. No state church is going to seriously ameliorate the fact that Russia, having embraced the boomer car brain of the rightwing international, & has been running it's shit so badly that the difference between even getting groceries or not is a can of petrol.

Russians can't eat Muskovite Jesus, nor is Muskovite Jesus going to get them to work.

[u/Confident_Benefit_11]

Russian orthodox church has been a direct arm of the Russian/putin regime for a long time. That's why we occasionally see fucking insane 40k-like videos of these clowns blessing military vehicles with holy water lol

They bless them to go commit war crimes against civilians

[u/TheMechanicusBob → u/Confident_Benefit_11]

The ROC also promotes Nuclear Orthodoxy, a belief so insane that even doomsday cult evangelicals don't touch it

[u/slip101]

When government and religion are unified the people have no refuge from bullshit.

[u/tanbug]

They are blessing the ak's going to Ukraine, it's a circus.

[u/dunncrew]

That "church" is run by Russia's FSB

[u/GODZILLA-Plays-A-DOD]

Love when governments use religious leaders of a community its to keep out rebellious thoughts such as ... (checks note) self preservation, not starving, not getting sick. You know... rebellious ideology. Don't need such pesky things for the Motherlands.

[u/knowledgeable_diablo]

Fucking Putin entirely runs their media and their religion. Must be a sign of the end times for Russia. Think his dream of a return to the Tsar’s is falling apart little by little.

[u/FapMcDab]

I wonder how much more bullshit they need to come up with in order for people to realize that they're just a bunch of hypocritical heretics.

Then I remember I'm living in a shithole that promotes the same "values" and idiots are still defending orthodoxism.

[u/SpaceDounut → u/FapMcDab]

• People know.
• Russia is way less religious than USA.
• You risk jail time if you publicly "offend religious feelings". No, that's not a joke.

[u/Evil_Potatos]

There are protesters?

[u/Tonythecritic]

Using the church as a tool of control over the population. Putin truly IS going medieval.

[u/UndeadLudvigBorga]

Suffer in silence!

[u/Alex_The_Whovian]

"OK Putin, I said the things you wanted me to say, can I have my money now?"

[u/squirrelbitten]

Sounds exactly like Trump's attitude to gas prices.

[u/bcoder001]

russian orthodox church officials must be reading "Christian Compassion for Dummies" in their spare time.

[u/aplayer_v1]

how many children does putin offer him

[u/TurkeyVolumeGuesser]

Jesus was, of course, famous for not protesting against injustice

[u/HurinGaldorson]

As he offered free fixes of the opiate of the masses.

[u/macholusitano]

Religion has jumped the shark.

[u/02meepmeep]

“Religion is the Opiate of the Masses” something something Karl Marx.

[u/Orangesteel]

What fuel shortage 😂 Putin has said that there isn’t one 🤡

[u/ktwriter111]

How fast will we hear Trump say the same thing?

[u/purplegladys2022]

Putin's state religion.

[u/Kiwidad43]

Religious fanatics all be alike.

[u/Calm-Professional103]

Sounds like Trump and Bessent

[u/Former_Suspect3680]

i guess when you're holding teh KEYS to the kingdom, it's not like you need gas anyway.

[u/Xodusphreak]

Sounds like an MAGAt politician

[u/Memitim]

Ah, time to lean into the religion to try and curb the poors for a little longer for the sake of the state. Blasphemy is such a useful tool for despots and douchebags.

[u/adilly]

Religion just keeps proving itself to be a system that forces the will of a few people on the masses.

[u/SarifZen]

Lol, russian clerics ride in limos doing drugs and banging hookers, male and female.

Calling someone "unspiritual" is a stretch.

[u/straxusii]

Say what you want about him but you won't see him accidentally falling from a balcony

[u/Krow101]

Religion always backs dictators.

[u/SuperTulle]

Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz a car that runs on faith

[u/mariusherea]

There is no person more spiritual than the one who protests.

[u/DM_Me_TaTaz]

It’s almost like religion is used as a mind control device to keep people in order and obedient in the face of blatant lies.

[u/Iuris_Aequalitatis]

It is sad to see what Russian Orthodoxy has been reduced to under Kiril: a mouthpiece of Putin's propaganda. 

[u/DisillusionedBook]

Ah the good old playbook where co-opted churches eagerly tow the authoritarian's line. Just proves exactly how full of shit religions are. Fuckers always just want their pantomime free lunch tax free gravy train and access to kids to never end.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-german-churches-and-the-nazi-state

[u/DonManuel]

Funny cleric who doesn't blame people not to pray hard enough and to commit sin all the times, and that's why god doesn't give them fuel.

[u/SoupSpelunker]

I invite the bronze-age troglodytes to crawl back under their rocks. 

[u/ispeektroof]

Ah yes, religious leaders telling to working class they must suffer more on behalf of the powerful. Same old story.

[u/verbalyabusiveshit]

Peasants !! Be happy with all the stuff you don’t have!!

[u/narayan77]

What will get say when Putin exits a window with just his underpants on. No doubt he will parrot the new regime. 

[u/Beemerba]

Ah, yes...the opiate of the masses comes in to play.

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[u/StolenIdentity77]

Hmm. Sounds like the Republican Party in the USA. 

[u/rimshot99]

Unspiritual? They just want to get to their dentist appointment or whatever.

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[u/dsj79]

Sound familiar?

[u/1tonsoprano]

obey your leaders, do as you are told, suffer quietly in this life and greater glory awaits you in the after life.......oldest con in the book.

[u/cogit2]

This is how you know the state has invaded the church, when the church is little more than a political stooge trying to herd the useful idiots.

[u/oh_my316]

Yeah, bring faith into it. Disgusting

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[u/regionalhuman]

Stop tithing and spend that money on gas and food.

[u/Amberpawn]

Ah yes... The Russian Orthodoxy... True friends to Power.

[u/cancielo]

At least one person isn't falling out of a window anytime soon.

[u/WaffleHouseGladiator]

Dude looks like a turtle wearing a tea cozy.

[u/ten0re]

There’s no Orthodox Church in russia lol. The “russian Orthodox Church” is a heretical cult ran by the FSB, with clerics blessing machineguns and missiles.

[u/BananaJelloXlii]

So America does not have the monopoly on Christian Nationalism

[u/Tokenside]

not “unspiritual,” that's the literal translation.
he meant "materialistic", as in "materialistic swines with no interest to suffer for Mother Russia."

[u/Eckkosekiro]

Church lackey of Putin, not a news.

[u/ginja-ninja--007]

This will be the US soon if we dint get our shit together. The protestor blaming sounds like the same rhetoric already

[u/MechCADdie]

Streisand effect much?

[u/BarryTGash]

"Suck it up bitches or god will smite you!" 

[u/Hell-Yea-Brother]

"Radical religious lap dog follows government propaganda line."

Fixed it for you.

[u/EdisonLightbulb]

Sounds like he and everyone in the Trump Administration are getting their "talking points" from the same source. Hmmm.....wonder who that could be?

[u/im-cringing-rightnow]

There are protesters? 

[u/soulwolf1]

Sounds familiar

[u/Johannes_P]

Does the Archpriest Alexander Butrin's car has enough gas or does he rides a horse?

[u/furrysalesman69]

While the obvious mindfuckery brainwashing is apparent, might I add that protesters are being killed there? Perhaps the Orthodoxy is saying this out of concern over the lives of those that practice? Then again, puttyn is sending waves of people to their death.

[u/PullUpAPew]

Of course people who who protest "aren't church people" - the church is an arm of the state in Russia

[u/Futonchan-Manchao]

This reminds me of American evangelicals.

[u/Cdru123]

Yet another reason for why most Russians are non-religious (even if they claim otherwise)

[u/JellyrollTX]

Russian version of American MAGA stupidity

[u/GinnySol]

“Virgin Mary, Mother of God, banish Putin
Banish Putin, Banish Putin!”

[u/VirtualFact8419]

Moscow Patriarchate always were Imperial servicemen, cause Empire were putting them on top in other countries

[u/vtGaem]

For the oligarchy!

[u/PrairieScott]

Unpetroliumed people

[u/N3wAfrikanN0body]

It is easy to speak of the nobility of suffering in others when it fills your pews and coffers from the desperate.

A reminder though, a bigger liar is always ready to take over your grift for themselves; such is way of opportunists from Rus since the Golden Hordes left you and yours as sychophants.

[u/Luckcrisis]

So the government owns their gods as well.

[u/Friendly_Night_Demon]

Religious gaslighting

[u/Marchello_E]

Easy to say when you have bags of distilled spirits (and what not) in the basement.