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Triumph of Marys Immaculate heart. St Vladimir baptised Russia via the once Capital, KIEV! in 988 AD home.newadvent.org/cathen/15497a.htm This talk was given at the 21st Pilgrimage for Tradition at …More
Triumph of Marys Immaculate heart.

St Vladimir baptised Russia via the once Capital, KIEV!

in 988 AD

home.newadvent.org/cathen/15497a.htm

This talk was given at the 21st Pilgrimage for Tradition at the Marytrs shrine in Auriesville NY on the First Friday in June 2014.

Will Putin be St Vladimir of the Third Secret?

Is Russia more Christian than the US? Vladimir Putin might just say, Yes!
Is Russian leadership more Christian than leadership in the US? Is the Russian Government more Christian than George Bush or Obama ever imagined the US might be? The answer to both questions is Yes, and thanks to born-again Christians, Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin, Christian influence in matters of state is rapidly on the rise in Russia. Let's look at the facts.

Reported some time ago in the New York Times is that Vladimir Putin invokes God emphatically and certainly intentionally. Putin is quoted as saying that “[we] are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.”
In 2012 US President Barack Obama skipped church services on Christmas Day. On January 6, 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended Midnight Mass, celebrating the Russian Orthodox Christmas in Saint Christ the Savior Cathedral in the presence of four thousand people, including Russian Patriarch Kirill. (The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas using the Julian calendar, which is 13 days “behind” today’s Western Gregorian calendar.)

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While Russian leaders were attending Church services, halfway around the world Chicago Tribune reporters were writing about Obama’s troubles finding a church for his family stating, “But as [Obama’s] fellow Christians around the world attended Christmas services on Wednesday and Thursday, [Obama] and his family remained sequestered at their vacation compound on the windward coast of Oahu. His lack of attendance at formal religious services showcased a dilemma faced by Obama, who is between churches and often expresses concern about bringing the disruption of his security detail into the lives of others.” According to the article, President Barack Obama has not attended a public church service since his election.
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So What? you say. Well, today Russia is investing $100 million to rebuild churches throughout the country. Money to rebuild these houses of worship is coming from Russian taxpayers. Such a thing is unthinkable today in the US, of course. Imagine US media reaction if President Obama were to decide to invest $100 million US taxpayer dollars in such projects. Here in the US there would be certain outrage, yet Russian citizens are supportive of such investment in their country.
Russia’s turn to Christianity is virtually unknown in the US. Many Christian leaders are oblivious to what is happening in Russia. Pastors Pat Robertson and John Hagee still believe Russia is an atheist, Communist country and these prominent End-Times Christian pastors are raising money and rattling their sabers to go to war against the Godless state.

But the reality is that Russia is indeed rebuilding churches with taxpayer funds. At MinistryValues.com is this: In addition to the formal exchange of wishes and thanks with the Patriarchate of Moscow, the Russian government gave the Christian Church a dramatic Christmas gift. Meeting with the patriarch at the Danilov Monastery, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that the government would provide almost $100 million US dollars (RUB 2 billion) to restore holy sites, monasteries, and churches destroyed during last century’s atheist drive by the Soviet Union against religion. He also said that the Novodevichy Convent, one of most beautiful and important in the country, would be given back to the Patriarchate.
Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedeve go to Church frequently, kiss precious icons of the Virgin Mary, and seek political and moral counsel from the Russian Orthodox Clergy.
Further to the surprise of many Americans, particularly Evangelical Christians, Vladimir Putin carries a Christian cross with him at all times. During a Larry King Live interview, Putin told King that “[Putin] was surprised completely when one of the workers, just muddling through those ashes of the remnants, found that cross intact. And the house fell, that was a surprise, a revelation, and therefore I always now keep [the cross] with me.” Vladimir Putin has frequently praised the Christian Russian Orthodox Church for “educating citizens in a spirit of patriotism and love of country, passing on love for spiritual values and history.” For his part, Russian Patriarch Kirill said that he hoped that the Lord would help Putin “in performing the high task God gave him.” Kirill also praised the prime minister for the way Putin managed the economic crisis, which has had a greater impact in Russia than elsewhere in the world.

Christian influence penetrates the Russian Military
Interfax of Moscow reported that …