Fascist regimes have crashed in Germany and Italy. The populations of these countries and their representative governments have broken all ties with their shameful past. In Germany, for instance, it is forbidden by law to disseminate and sell Nazi emblems, posters, photos, literature, songs, etc. Stores do not sell musical recordings, and the youth dos not hear, nor does it sing songs of the “Hitler Youthâ€. Streets, formerly bearing names of Hitler and other Nazi criminals have been renamed, their monuments have been removed. In schools during history lessons, their country’s past is portrayed as a black shameful stain on the German people. Also in Austria, there are neither city quarters, nor cities or towns or streets bearing names of Hitler, Eichman, Kaltenbrunner, Globocnik, Nowak or other Nazis of Austrian descent.
But in the Russian Federation, where they say that Communism no longer leads the government, the landscape differs dramatically. The government does not wish to break with its dark past. For some unfathomable reason, having named themselves something different, the new leaders carefully preserve the past of the Soviet Union: many monuments to the executioners continue to stand on their former pedestals, the mausoleum, as before, stands on Red Square, a whole list of cities has retained names of soviet hangmen-criminals and museums carefully guard their memory. The flags still carry stars/pentagrams. The flag of Moscow will not only portray St. George but next to him will appear the ribbons of the Lenin medal and the October Revolution, as well as medals of the “Gold Starâ€. The country will celebrate Communist holidays. Stalin’s hymn has been returned albeit with new words, as has been the red flag. To commemorate the anniversary of the establishment of the frightful CHEKA, as series of 6 postage stamps has been issued in the Russian Federation bearing portraits of the criminals most notorious within this horrible organization which destroyed hundreds of thousands of the best of Russians – clergy, members of the intelligentsia, military and other so-called “enemiesâ€. Under the influence of such propaganda concerning the soviet past, hearing of the greatness of the USSR in its military defense, the sciences, and space travel, it is no wonder the country’s youth sympathizes with Communism. The company “Melodia†distributes throughout the Russian Federation disks with pioneer songs containing “Lenin’s Truthâ€, “Hello Morozovâ€, “Pioneer Friendship†and other Soviet songs, applauding the Communist party. Young people sing these songs glorifying the Soviet system of government, pioneers and Komsomol.
MP does not react to the return to Communism occurring in the country and it does not protest against the government support to retain the Soviet influence on the people. Even in the seminaries and theological Academies, as in the past, reading rooms display such newspapers as “The Komsomol Pravda†and other publications which had soiled themselves with lies. Taking up such a position to the continuation of such conditions in the country, leadership of the MP, having lied to the entire world for over 70 years by insisting that in the USSR there is no persecution of the Church, remains as formerly, steadfast in its service of the government, not God, placing its sergianistic habits above the Church’s teachings and above the spiritual needs of the faithful. Having usurped the power in the land, the Communists used all means at their disposal in attempts to erase the memory of Russia’s past, thereby systematically destroying her spiritual and cultural treasures. The former Communists now call themselves other things, and in order to show off religious freedom in the Russian Federation, have allowed some rebuilding of monasteries and churches, remaining all the while themselves enemies of the Orthodox Church and of Russian nationalistic treasures. Not only have inhabitants of our Homeland spoken of this, but even the foreign press. Here is what the American magazine “Paradeâ€, from Minneapolis, MN stated in its May 30, 2004 issue on p.18:
Moscow Meets The Bulldozers.
"In the last decade, more than 400 historic buildings in Russia’s capital have been leveled, including 60 that were protected by law from demolition. Some dated from the 1600s. Why are they coming down? Preservationists blame Yuri Luzhkov, Moscow’s mayor for the last 12 years. They cite the lure of high construction profits, plus greed and corruption in the government: The mayor’s wife owns a construction company with 11% of the contracts to build in Moscow. Not since Josef Stalin tore down large sections of the city for a rebuilding project in the 1930s have so many historic sites been lost. Residents have staged protests, but to no avail. And Luzhkov recently was re-elected."
The above mentioned is by far not everything. This is only a portion of that which the government of the Russian Federation is trying so carefully to safe keep in the memory of its people, of how “to the foundations†the old was destroyed, and then in its place “we will build our new world..â€
And so they built it, initially a tragedy for Russia!
And so, from the above we do not see many changes in the country, and cannot imagine how it could be possible to even contemplate a unification of ROCOR with the MP or to collaborate with the government of the Russian Federation until such time as it renounces its ruinous for the Motherland past and begins to guard and protect Russian spiritual and cultural values.
Translated from Russian by Mrs. M.N. Nekludoff
