Russian court - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 09 Jul 2020 06:54:17 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Russian court - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Russian court fines coronavirus-denying rebel monk https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/07/09/russian-orthodox-monk-coronavirus-fined/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 05:53:17 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=128566 A Russian court on Tuesday fined a coronavirus-denying monk who has challenged Kremlin lockdown orders for spreading false information about the pandemic. The court in the Ural Mountains region ordered Father Sergiy to pay 90,000 rubles ($1,250). The 65-year-old monk, who has attracted nationwide attention by urging followers to disobey church leadership and ignore church Read more

Russian court fines coronavirus-denying rebel monk... Read more]]> A Russian court on Tuesday fined a coronavirus-denying monk who has challenged Kremlin lockdown orders for spreading false information about the pandemic.

The court in the Ural Mountains region ordered Father Sergiy to pay 90,000 rubles ($1,250). The 65-year-old monk, who has attracted nationwide attention by urging followers to disobey church leadership and ignore church closures during the pandemic, didn't attend the court hearing.

On Friday, a Russian Orthodox Church panel in Yekaterinburg ruled to defrock Father Sergiy for breaking monastic rules. He didn't show up at the session and dismissed the verdict, urging his backers to come to defend the Sredneuralsk women's monastery where he has holed up since last month. Read more

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