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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
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“Radical Islam, by the grace of God, is not spreading across Russia. These and other radically-minded people pose a huge danger to Russia. This is why everything that happens in the Middle East, in Syria, Iraq, Libya, concerns us very closely.”
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (born 1946) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 24 September 2015 at a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at his residence in Peredelkino, Moscow Region.
“If you cannot raise your child, whom you have given birth to or are ready to do it, – do not kill your child, give birth to him and give him to us, the Church, and we will do everything to raise and to help your child to stand on his own feet, and we will never prevent you, his mother, from visiting him, from feeling unity with your child. On the contrary, we will do everything to strengthen your family, albeit incomplete, but valuable for both God and for our entire Motherland.”
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (born 1946) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Patriarch Kirill Urges Women Not to Have an Abortion", Pravmir, 13 May 2022
“We are truly a free country. This is a real fact. I can imagine the types of reaction to my words from different corners, but I can prove that Russia today is the true leader of the free world. We are developing in accordance with our own path and, by God’s will, our path shall be successful.”
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“We currently do not have a hot-button issue that would make societal interests collide and produce deep, irreconcilable contradictions. I believe it is the grace of God.”
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (born 1946) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Putin Awards Patriarch Kirill With the Highest Russian Decoration", Society of St Pius X, 2 December 2021
“Pride parades are designed to demonstrate that sin is one variation of human behavior. That's why in order to join the club of those countries, you have to have a gay pride parade.”
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (born 1946) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Russian Church Leader Appears to Blame Gay Pride Parades for Ukraine War", The Moscow Times, 7 March 2022
“Forgiveness without justice is capitulation and weakness.”
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (born 1946) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Распятие Кирилла на кресте" (In Russian. "Crucifixion of Kirill on the cross"), Novaya Gazeta, 18 March 2022
“Russia has never attacked anyone.”
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (born 1946) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘Not acceptable’: Xavier Bettel lashes out at Viktor Orbán over Kirill's removal from EU sanctions", Euro News, 3 June 2022
“Go bravely to fulfill your military duty. And remember that if you lay down your life for your country, you will be with God in his kingdom, glory and eternal life.”
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (born 1946) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Putin's Top Priest Tells Russians Not to Fear Death Amid Mobilization", Newsweek, 23 september 2022
“We pray that the Lord admonish those madmen and help them to understand that any desire to destroy Russia will mean the end of the world.”
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (born 1946) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said about those who wish to "defeat Russia" during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, quoted in "Putin’s Henchmen Threaten ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Dead U.S. Troops", Daily Beast, 21 January 2023
“Unlike the West, which is already nervous about the arrival of refugees, Moscow alone has taken in more Muslims than the whole of Europe has done by now. And nobody in the world is aware of it. And there is no hysteria, no police, no gas, no physical clashes. Of course, problems do arise sometimes with people who arrive but these problems get solved within the law, and most importantly, the good Orthodox-Muslim relations are creating an atmosphere for Muslims here to live peacefully and for the Orthodox to treat Muslims respectfully, with tolerance, like brothers. You probably felt what remarkable, good relations have developed between the Orthodox people and Muslims in Russia. We are very glad that finally this big mosque has been built in the city of Moscow to become a place of prayer for many Muslims who live in Moscow and visit Moscow.”
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (born 1946) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 24 September 2015 at a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at his residence in Peredelkino, Moscow Region.
“The existence of Russia is of a great spiritual and cultural value – not only for you and me, but for all humanity. And we are calling for the preservation of the people of Russia, for the birth of our new compatriots, not only and not so much because these people are needed by the country, but also to a great extent because this country is needed by people. Russia must exist and play its irreplaceable role in our destiny with you, in the destiny of our descendants and throughout world history. The special value of Russia, its special vocation is to be a stronghold of Orthodox Christianity. To preserve the Orthodox faith, Orthodox tradition and culture, Christian moral principles intact. Maybe that is why the powers that be are so ganged up on the Russian Orthodox Church, wanting to tear away the Greek Orthodox world from the Russian Church, wanting to destroy the unity of the Orthodox Church. We possess reliable information that everything that is happening now in world Orthodoxy is not an accident, not just the whim of a religious figure whose mind has become clouded. This is the implementation of a very specific plan that aims to tear the Greek world away from Russia. According to the perpetrators — I cannot describe these strategists in any other way — the Russian Church appears to be some kind of “soft power”, through which Russia influences the world around it. But why can’t Russia share its spiritual gifts? Is it criminal? This can be criminal only in the view of those who seek to weaken, and if possible to destroy the influence of Russia. In this whole story related to the problem of recognition or non-recognition of Ukrainian schismatics by the Local Orthodox Churches, there is something that is not declared, but which is the main goal of the forces behind the scenes that unleashed this schismatic activity. We in the Russian Church understand this clearly, but today our brothers in Greece and other Orthodox Churches also understand this. We are being asked to resist, not to flinch, to continue the struggle to maintain the spiritual independence of the Russian Orthodox Church from all these centres of world influence, and most importantly – to maintain the unity of Universal Orthodoxy. This is not a simple task. The Church has no army. The Church has no material means. So it is not easy without material means to build the spiritual defense.”
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (born 1946) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 18th Sunday after Pentecost, 20 October 2019. Video
“I take the suffering of people caused by the events taking place with deep and heartfelt pain. I call on all parties to the conflict to do everything possible to avoid civilian casualties. I appeal to the bishops, pastors, monastics, and laity to provide all possible assistance to all victims, including refugees and people left homeless and without means of livelihood. The Russian and Ukrainian peoples have a common centuries-old history dating back to the Baptism of Rus’ by Prince St. Vladimir the Equal-to-the-Apostles. I believe that this God-given affinity will help overcome the divisions and disagreements that have arisen that have led to the current conflict. I call on the entire fullness of the Russian Orthodox Church to offer a special, fervent prayer for the speedy restoration of peace. May the All-merciful Lord, through the intercession of our Most Pure Lady the Theotokos and all the saints, preserve the Russian, Ukrainian, and other peoples who are spiritually united by our Church!”
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