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This issue should also be mencioned, if he never opposed publicly the legality of abortion in Russia, the country of the world with more legal abortions, and pressured the russian orthodox politicians to back legislation that would restrict at least, this practise in Russia. Of course, this needs reliable sources.213.13.243.94 (talk) 18:36, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
I totally believe it´s true, but it needs sources. I also would like to see if he never pressured the russian Presidents, who have been all practising Orthodoxes, since Boris Ieltsin, for a law who, at least, would restrict abortion. I have this idea that the Orthodox Church isn´t very influencial in the orthodox countries in this issue.81.193.221.142 (talk) 21:11, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
I know Vladimir Putin had to be opposed to abortion to some extent. Putin had his own youth group called Nashi and they were very against abortion. The Orthodox Church is very against abortion, there is no doubt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.234.160.81 (talk) 17:47, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
Termer has added two new "controversies", the first is "Apology to Germany." His new section reads:
":During Alexy II' first official visit to Germany in 1995 Patriarch publicly apologized for the Communist tyranny that had been imposed upon the German nation by the USSR. That resulted allegations of insulting the Russian nation and accusations of national treason by the Russian Communists and the Russian National Bolshevik Party.[45]"
I have followed events in the Russian Church very closely over the years, and I had never heard of this one. It may have been a controversy for the very small minority of people who are members of this political party in Russia. It is not noteworthy.
Then we have the section currently entitled: "Opposition in the Church" which begins with this paragraph:
"Alexy II wasn an active supporter of inter-Christian ecumenism and has publicly praised a Russian journal of religion and Christian philosophy The Messenger of the Russian christian Movement as the best Orthodox publication.[46]"
It is not even clear what is being said here. Is there a missing "T" here, and should it thus read that he "wasn't" an active supporter of inter-Christian ecumenism? Or do we have a stray "N" and he is said to be a supporter. Also, "Ecumenism" is a very loaded term in the Orthodox Church. It would probably be fair to say that he supported inter-Christian dialogue. It would not be fair to say that he supported the kind of "Ecumenism" that sees the Church as being divided into various denominational branches that just need to work out their differences. See this document approved by the 2000 All-Russian Council. He was criticized by some of the left for not being ecumenical enough... and he was criticized by some on the right for being too ecumenical. But most Orthodox think he had it juuuuust right.
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Again, it is not clear what is being said here, or why this should not be in an article about Alexander Shargunov rather than Patriarch Alexei. The Russian Church is a very large Church. You could write many books cataloging the quirks of all of its clergy and people.
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Fr. Dimitri Dudko was a famous clergyman who openly spoke out about the repression of the Church by the Soviets... but he was also infamously broken by the Soviets, who used psychological torture (which probably included the use of psychoactive drugs) to force him to renounce his "anti-soviet activities." [1] He was never the same after that... and to toss in a quote from him he is not only irrelevant to this article, but it is unfair to Fr. Dimitri Dudko. In an article on Fr. Dimitri, it would be fair to mention it, so long as the whole story of his life was told.
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I don't see how this is relevant either. Shargunov obviously hold some extreme political views... which are not relevant here; and Patriarch Alexei did not agree with them... true, but also not notable. Frjohnwhiteford (talk) 11:56, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
I guess you have a point there, it needs to be spelled out better and much more clearly that Dimitri Dudko's anti-Semitic views were in opposition with Alexy II who had condemned antisemitism.--Termer (talk) 03:19, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
The BBC article posted does not identify the writer; furthermore, only one person is interviewed - Michael Bordeaux (who makes hostile unsupported statements regarding the Patriarch) - the article is decidedly POV. Let's stop with allegations and stick to facts! Rusmeister (talk) 13:15, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
The most authoritative document of the ROC on the question of interaction with the non-Orthodox is the Basic Principles of the Attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church Toward the Other Christian Confessions. The only time the word Ecumenism occurs in this document is in reference to criticism of ecumenical activity. This is because Ecumenism has been defined as a heresy. The term is thus extremely loaded from an Orthodox perspective, I am not sure if Muscovite99 unfamiliarity with English is the reason why he does not see the distinction, but it is important. Frjohnwhiteford (talk) 20:28, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
What is he doing in the photo exactly? Is it a particular ritual or something? It should be mentioned in the caption. --Z 11:58, 12 February 2016 (UTC)