ROC vs. Witches: Signs of the Times from NeMoskva

🔹 This week the Ryazan bishop Pitirim I thought about witches who practice "demonic magic under the guise of tarot readers, numerologists, and charlatan psychologists." A representative of the Russian Orthodox Church warned that seeking their services is a grave sin, and that the Church will ultimately win this battle.

“God is more powerful than their combined power with the devil, convinced Pitirim. - And even foolish women who have gotten themselves into the occult mud will come to church through obsession, repenting of their passion for magic and witchcraft."

Earlier he He claimedthat women who use the services of fortune tellers are guilty of continuing the "SVO".

🔹 In Kursk dioceses meanwhile plan Create a Center for the Search for Information on Delusions and Sects. As explained by representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, its purpose will be to "collect, process, store, and analyze information on delusions, sects, schismatic groups, neo-pagan and occult movements, destructive subcultures, and cults."

Over time, such Centers are planned to open in all federal districts.

🔹 Previously in the Russian Orthodox Church compared They combined pagan traditions with Nazism and claimed that many children had mental disorders because they "fed the brownie and told fortunes with cards." According to the priests, it is through these tools that the devil cultivates depravity and pride in young people.