Putin's Russia, by Politkovskaya
Oct. 23rd, 2007 01:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
malenkiyscotБыла ли эта книга выпущена по-русски? Такое ощущение, что нет.
Instead of the risen Christ it was Putin who was revealed to the people at Easter. A service was held at the Church of Christ the Redeemer… At the beginning of the Great Matins service there stood, shoulder to shoulder with Putin as if at a military parade, Prime Minister Fradkov and Dmitry Medvedev … head of the president's office… The three men clumsily and clownishly crossed themselves, Medvedev making his crosses by touching his hand to his forehead and then to his genitals. It was risible. Medvedev followed Putin in shaking the patriarch's hand as if he were one of their comrades, rather than kissing it as prescribed by church ritual. The patriarch overlooked the error…
The beginning of the Great Matins service was even more comical than the handshakes with the patriarch… The television commentator, who was a believer and theologically knowledgeable, explained to viewers that in the Orthodox tradition, the doors of the church should be shut before midnight because they symbolize the entrance to the cave where Christ's body was placed. After midnight the Orthodox faithful taking part in the procession await the opening of the church doors. The patriarch … is the first to enter the empty temple where the Resurrection of Christ has already occurred.
When the patriarch had recited the first prayer after midnight at the doors of the temple, they were thrown open to reveal Putin, our modest president, shoulder to shoulder with Fradkov, Medvedev, and Luzhkov.
You didn't know whether to laugh or cry. An evening of comic entertainment on Holy Night.
Instead of the risen Christ it was Putin who was revealed to the people at Easter. A service was held at the Church of Christ the Redeemer… At the beginning of the Great Matins service there stood, shoulder to shoulder with Putin as if at a military parade, Prime Minister Fradkov and Dmitry Medvedev … head of the president's office… The three men clumsily and clownishly crossed themselves, Medvedev making his crosses by touching his hand to his forehead and then to his genitals. It was risible. Medvedev followed Putin in shaking the patriarch's hand as if he were one of their comrades, rather than kissing it as prescribed by church ritual. The patriarch overlooked the error…
The beginning of the Great Matins service was even more comical than the handshakes with the patriarch… The television commentator, who was a believer and theologically knowledgeable, explained to viewers that in the Orthodox tradition, the doors of the church should be shut before midnight because they symbolize the entrance to the cave where Christ's body was placed. After midnight the Orthodox faithful taking part in the procession await the opening of the church doors. The patriarch … is the first to enter the empty temple where the Resurrection of Christ has already occurred.
When the patriarch had recited the first prayer after midnight at the doors of the temple, they were thrown open to reveal Putin, our modest president, shoulder to shoulder with Fradkov, Medvedev, and Luzhkov.
You didn't know whether to laugh or cry. An evening of comic entertainment on Holy Night.
