Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Orthodox Christian Activists Physically Attack Russian Erotic Art Museum

According to Interfax today, in Russia, Orthodox Christian activists have physically attacked Moscow's Erotic Art Museum on the Arbat.  A statement by museum director Alexander Donskoy said in part:
Today the Orthodox militants punish us for our support for Pussy Riot, send us death threats and rip clothes off ordinary passers-by, and tomorrow they will start destroying churches of other religious denominations and slay atheists. We ask the investigative authorities and personally our Constitution guarantor Vladimir Putin to stop this movement of Orthodox militants that is loathed in a secular state. We also hope that Patriarch Kirill will assess the actions of the people posing as Orthodox believers as they damage the perception of church as a bright spiritual institution.