CHURCHES OF RUSSIA.
MUST SUPPORT COM- i MUNISM. i ! By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright l The Times ” Service. 1 LONDON, May 6. I “The Times” correspondent at Riga j reports that under Antonin's directions | the Red Church Convocation at Mos- j cow declared the Patriarch Tikhon unfrocked, deprived of all dignities, ex- j eluded from all monasteries anti relegated to the condition of a layman. The Convocation called upon all clergy to renounce, all attempts to use the church for worldly or political purposes, but ■ ©very believer must be faithful to the J Soviet and assist the Soviet to realise ! on earth the ideals of the kingdom 6*: I God. It was declared that the historical ! duty of the Orthodox Russian Churcn j consisted of recognition of the truth ol ; Communism, and it must cease to serve j Capital. The Convocation also declared the Patriarchate to be abolished, and favoured clergy of all ranks being allowed to marry and wfdowed priests to re marry.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17035, 8 May 1923, Page 9
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