The teaching of Metropolitan John (Snitchev)" boils down to several important truths: "The Russian idea" is an insatiable desire for holiness, righteousness and purity; "Russian democracy" is appeasement; "Russian ideology" is Orthodoxy; "Russian order" is sovereignty; "Russian state" is Russia in all the various historical forms of its existence; the state-political ideal and at the same time Russia's moral and religious - Holy Russia; patriotism is the religious duty of every devout Christian; the Russian Orthodox Church is the conciliar conscience of the people.