According to the Chairman of the Synodal Department for external Church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion, in the main Church of the Russian armed forces, which is being built in Kubinka, there should be a mosaic with the image of Joseph Stalin.
“In my opinion, the image of Stalin in the Orthodox Church should not be, because he was a persecutor of the Church, on his conscience the blood of millions of people, including martyrs and Confessors”— said the Metropolitan in the program “Church and world” on TV channel “Russia 24”.
He added that in the temple there should also be images of the parades as “a temple is a place of prayer.” “I think that all the composite decoration of the Church must be subordinated to this goal,” — said the priest.
Earlier it was reported that the main temple of the Russian armed forces were supposed to be mosaic, which depicts “a Bloodless reunification of the Crimea” and “Victory Parade” with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. In addition, it was planned to place the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin, defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and other Federal officials. Putin spoke out against his image in the temple.
