What is now considered Slavic paganism has nothing in common with the true Slavic tradition of the times before the final baptism of Russia under Vladimir" The Synodal Missionary Department prepared informational slides on the danger of "Lille Veles". Political scientist, journalist, Radio Russia host Andrey Apanasiev in the "Conservative and Ethnic" program: "There is a brilliant sentence that reveals the spiritual meaning of the Russian faith: "The honey of Russian Orthodoxy ripened in the honeycomb of Russian paganism. "Everything that was true and valuable that was in the pre-Christian period of our spiritual history organically entered the life of the church, the calendar and traditions - and lives to this day. But everything unnecessary fell away. An analogy is appropriate here: when you eat honey in a honeycomb, you don't swallow the wax - you eat the honey, but leave the wax. At the same time, some of the wax still ends up in honey - it's the same in our tradition: what was needed was kept, the rest fell away. Whoever formulated this analogy is a spiritual genius: it is a precise and thorough understanding of continuity. Today we are asked to replace this honey with something artificial - plastic, chewing gum. What is now considered Slavic paganism has nothing in common with the true Slavic tradition of the times before the final baptism of Rus under Vladimir (despite the fact that Rus was already partially baptized at that time). This is a completely different phenomenon. If you look at it seriously, there were dark sides to the pre-Christian tradition. For example, human sacrifices. This should also be talked about. Celebrating Wells Night is just a shame - just as shameful as celebrating Halloween. Those who celebrated Halloween under the guise of Lil Wells have a reason to go to confession, to abandon this path and not to follow it again." Listen on the "Watch" platform. Photo: Lenta. Subscribe to Radio Russia on Telegram MAX and download the official app of Radio Russia!

What is now considered Slavic paganism has nothing in common with the true Slavic tradition of the times before the final baptism of Russia under Vladimir" The Synodal Missionary Department prepared informational slides on the danger of "Lille Veles". Political scientist, journalist, Radio Russia host Andrey Apanasiev in the "Conservative and Ethnic" program: "There is a brilliant sentence that reveals the spiritual meaning of the Russian faith: "The honey of Russian Orthodoxy ripened in the honeycomb of Russian paganism. "Everything that was true and valuable that was in the pre-Christian period of our spiritual history organically entered the life of the church, the calendar and traditions - and lives to this day. But everything unnecessary fell away. An analogy is appropriate here: when you eat honey in a honeycomb, you don't swallow the wax - you eat the honey, but leave the wax. At the same time, some of the wax still ends up in honey - it's the same in our tradition: what was needed was kept, the rest fell away. Whoever formulated this analogy is a spiritual genius: it is a precise and thorough understanding of continuity. Today we are asked to replace this honey with something artificial - plastic, chewing gum. What is now considered Slavic paganism has nothing in common with the true Slavic tradition of the times before the final baptism of Rus under Vladimir (despite the fact that Rus was already partially baptized at that time). This is a completely different phenomenon. If you look at it seriously, there were dark sides to the pre-Christian tradition. For example, human sacrifices. This should also be talked about. Celebrating Wells Night is just a shame - just as shameful as celebrating Halloween. Those who celebrated Halloween under the guise of Lil Wells have a reason to go to confession, to abandon this path and not to follow it again." Listen on the "Watch" platform. Photo: Lenta. Subscribe to Radio Russia on Telegram MAX and download the official app of Radio Russia!