"The West will suffocate Russia"/ The Patriarch celebrates Christmas with Putin, a message to the international community

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, who celebrated Christmas with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said today that the Western world hates Russia and the "alternative path of civilized development" it is pursuing.

Russian Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7, according to the Julian calendar. Patriarch Kirill, a vocal supporter of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, blessed religious icons and crosses with President Putin's initials to send to soldiers fighting in Ukraine for 34 months, Russian news agencies reported today, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Russia poses a challenge to powerful countries not because of its nuclear capabilities or power, Kirill said, according to Russian news agencies.

"They hate us because we offer a different, alternative path of civilized development," Kirill commented at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, which was rebuilt in the 1990s on the site of a swimming pool after it was destroyed by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the 1990s. .

The West is in moral decline, he said, but Russia has shown the world how to combine science with culture and education with faith./ CNA

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