A court has denied a request to demolish a private church where 87-year-old priest Viktor Pivovarov preached anti-war sermons.
Krasnodar officials who demanded the demolition of the church building in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, lost court.
According to the electronic records, the lawsuit from the urban settlement administration was filed on April 18, and the decision was issued on June 18—exactly two months later. The website does not provide any information on the basis for the court's decision.
The Russian Orthodox Church church that officials wanted to demolish had been operating in Slavyansk-on-Kuban since 2000. Authorities doubted in its legality only this spring - after the 87-year-old priest Viktor Pivovarov They were fined again for anti-war sermons and criticism of the special operation. According to the lawsuit, the building was illegally constructed on a private housing plot and constituted a "crime against the foundations of the constitutional order."
The persecution of Viktor Pivovarov for anti-war sermons began last spring—he has already been fined three times for telling his parishioners about the injustice of the war of conquest.
About the life of a priest who, in his youth, spoke out against communists, "NeMoskva" told in a large material.