The radio station "Moscow speaking" said that "Orlovskie Novosti" had no right to write about the car of Bishop Nektariy of Livensky and Malo-Arkhangelsk and threatened the publication with "God's judgment."

“We must read the Bible: do not judge, that you will not be judged. And when journalists start asking questions about how the clergy live, I have one question: who authorized them to ask this question? And then, where there is a criterion - this is possible for a priest, but this is not possible. Did he insult anyone? Did he preach the wrong message? Has less parishioners come to his parish? Is he not rebuilding the temple? And I know that Nektarios is engaged, enjoys great respect from the residents. I know for sure that Mr. Mazov, the owner of Oryol News, has no such right to behave like that, "the Oryol governor said.

The only one who, in his opinion, can make remarks to Nectarius is Metropolitan Anthony.

“If he did something wrong, believe me, he does not live in an airless space, he has hierarchical subordination. He has Metropolitan Anthony, who can reprimand him if he sees fit. But it will be at their level. But when they start a person who has devoted his whole life to the service of God and people, the service of faith ... We can go to church, pray, ask for God's alms. And if we go to the representatives of God, we begin to lynch them and water them with something ... God is not a fraer. He sees everything. And there is only one judgment: God's judgment. Here it goes to the patriarch: the wrong hours, he doesn't live like that, he drives the wrong cars, ”Vadim Potomsky said.

What he was talking about remains a mystery, since Oryol Novosti did not assess the fact that the bishop received a luxury SUV as a gift, but only reported this fact. And asking questions is the direct responsibility of a journalist.

Earlier, journalists found a Land Cruiser V8 at the Bishop of Oryol, decorated for him. The Oryol Metropolitanate stated that it was a gift from one of the agricultural holdings. Orlovskie Novosti also reprinted this information. On May 29, ON received a letter on diocesan letterhead, stamped and signed by Bishop Nektarios. In it, on behalf of the bishop, in an ultimatum form, the publication was demanded to remove all the notes in which it was told about the luxury SUV Land Cruiser V8 with a market value of 5-6 million rubles, owned by the priest. Otherwise, "ON" was threatened with criminal prosecution under the article on insulting the feelings of believers.

On May 30, Father Alexander, secretary of the diocesan bishop of the Liveno diocese, said in an interview on Echo of Moscow that Bishop Nektariy had no complaints about Oryol Novosti. He also noted that the bishop did not send a letter to our editorial office. “I don't know who drew it up and sent it to Oryol Novosti, but I assure you that the Livno diocese, Nektarii himself, none of the officials wrote this letter,” Father Alexander.

The bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church demanded that journalists remove all publications about him

The Oryol bishop, who had an SUV for 6 million rubles, demanded that the journalists remove all publications about him, threatening responsibility for insulting the feelings of believers. The metropolitanate calls the letter a provocation and claims that the clergyman has no complaints about the media. Oryol governor Vadim Potomsky has already reacted to the scandal, saying that journalists should not ask questions about how the clergy live and what they move on.

An unexpected continuation was given to the story of the bishop from the Oryol Metropolitanate, who was presented with a Toyota Land Cruiser V8 SUV worth about 6 million rubles. On the eve, the editorial office of the regional publication "Orlovskie Novosti" received a letter on the official letterhead of the diocese (at the disposal of Gazeta.Ru), in which Bishop Livny and Little Arkhangelsk Nektariy allegedly claimed that he was extremely outraged by the article about the bishop's car posted on the newspaper's website.

“Such antics undermine the spiritual and moral foundations of our society casting a shadow over the Holy Church and her honest servants. Do not hope that your public lies will remain unanswered by the Russian Orthodox Church, "the letter says (the author's spelling and punctuation have been preserved. - Gazeta.Ru).

The author of the letter threatened that otherwise he would be forced to apply to law enforcement agencies and bring those who allegedly insult him to criminal liability under Part 1 of Art. 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public actions expressing clear disrespect for society and committed in order to offend the religious feelings of believers), the maximum liability under this article is imprisonment for up to a year. The appeal was signed by Bishop of Livensky and Malo-Arkhangelsky Nektariy, the paper bears a seal and signature.

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After the publication of the appeal on the network, even the governor of the Oryol region, Vadim Potomsky, reacted to the scandal. He condemned the journalists and called their claims to the bishop's expensive car inappropriate.

“We must read the Bible: do not judge, that you will not be judged. And when journalists start asking questions about how the clergy live, I have one question: who authorized them to ask this question? And then, where there is a criterion - this is possible for a priest, but this is not possible.

Did he insult anyone? Did he deliver the sermon wrong? Has less parishioners come to his parish? Is he not rebuilding the temple? " - said Potomsky on the air of the radio station "Moscow speaking".

According to the official, Bishop Nektarios is in "hierarchical subordination", and if necessary, this issue can be resolved within the metropolis.

“God is not a phony. He sees everything. And there is only one judgment: God's judgment. Here it goes to the patriarch: the wrong hours, not the way he lives, he drives the wrong cars, ”summed up Potomsky.

At the same time, the scandal in the ROC was called an exclusively diocesan affair and stated that the bodies of the ROC would not participate in its settlement.

At the same time, the Oryol Metropolitanate denied the information that Bishop Nektarios appealed to journalists, calling the letter received by the editorial office a provocation.

“There was no appeal by Bishop Nektariy to the Oryol News.

We are dealing with a dirty provocation, with forgery.

Only the text and signature are visible on the published image - there is no header, this is not an official form, there are no details. Who can be involved in this, it is worth asking "Oryol Novosti", - explained to "Gazeta.Ru" the head of the information and analytical department of the Oryol Metropolitanate Evgeny Borisov.

“In the morning it turned out that Bishop Nektarios had no complaints about our publication, and the letter was a forgery. In this case, there is no dispute, we are not going to sue. But we have no doubts about the authenticity of the letter - it has all the requisites, besides, according to information from our sources in the Oryol Metropolitanate, yesterday the bishop was recommended to refuse to write this appeal, so we expected just such a reaction, ”Volin said.

Recall that the scandal around Bishop Nektarios flared up after information appeared in the media that he had acquired a Toyota Land Cruiser V8 in a complete set, the cost of which is about 6 million rubles. At the same time, numbers were installed on the SUV, which, as a rule, are equipped with government cars in the region.

The press service of the Oryol Metropolitanate "Gazeta.Ru" previously reported that the car was presented to the priest by one of the local agricultural holdings. The bishop did not spend his money, and even more so the money of the diocese, on the purchase of an SUV.

“Business entities in our country have the right to perform legal actions with property. They made such a decision, what is the informational reason here? We cannot prohibit people from making such gifts, ”explained Evgeny Borisov, head of the information and analytical department of the Oryol Metropolitanate.

According to the representative of the metropolitanate, the bishop must perform his duties promptly on a daily basis, while it is often difficult to drive along the roads of the Oryol region in an ordinary passenger car.

« This is a deep province, can you imagine the roads in the province? Sometimes they just don't exist. In the 19th century, carriages took a week to reach the remote outskirts of the diocese, but now we already live in a different world, ”the metropolitan said, adding that the possession of an expensive car does not in the least bother parishioners.

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Communist official also threatened journalists with God's judgment

It all started with the fact that Oryol journalists found a Toyota Land Cruiser V8 car, registered for him, at the local bishop Nektarios. The Oryol Metropolitanate stated that it was a gift from one of the agricultural holdings.

Orlovskiye Novosti also reprinted this information. On May 29, ON received a letter on diocesan letterhead, stamped and signed by Bishop Nektarios. In it, on behalf of the bishop, in an ultimatum form, the publication was demanded to remove all the notes in which it was told about the luxury SUV Land Cruiser V8 with a market value of 5-6 million rubles, owned by the priest. Otherwise, "ON" was threatened with criminal prosecution under the article on insulting the feelings of believers.

Later, Father Alexander, Secretary of the Diocesan Bishop of the Liveno Diocese, said in an interview on Echo Moskvy that Bishop Nektariy had no complaints about Oryol Novosti. He also noted that the bishop did not send a letter to our editorial office. “I don’t know who drew it up and sent it to Oryol Novosti, but I assure you that the Livno diocese, Nektarii himself, none of the officials wrote this letter,” Father Alexander said.

Today the Governor of the Oryol Region Vadim Potomsky in an interview with the radio station "Moscow speaking" said that "Oryol News" had no right to write about the car of Bishop Livny and Malo-Arkhangelsk Nektariy:

“We must read the Bible: do not judge, that you will not be judged. And when journalists start asking questions about how the clergy live, I have one question: who authorized them to ask this question? And then, where there is a criterion - this is possible for a priest, but this is not possible. Did he insult anyone? Did he preach the wrong message? Has less parishioners come to his parish? Is he not rebuilding the temple? And I know that Nektariy is engaged, enjoys great respect from the residents. "

The governor also noted that only Metropolitan Anthony can make comments to the bishop and threatened the journalists with the judgment of God.

“If he did something wrong, believe me, he does not live in an airless space, he has hierarchical subordination. He has Metropolitan Anthony, who can reprimand him if he sees fit. But it will be at their level. But when they start a person who has devoted his whole life to the service of God and people, the service of faith ... We can go to church, pray, ask for God's alms. And if we go to the representatives of God, we begin to lynch them and water them with something ... God is not a fraer. He sees everything. And there is only one judgment: God's judgment. With us it goes to the patriarch: not those hours, not living like that, driving in the wrong cars, ”he said.

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"And there is only one judgment: God's judgment"

Oryol governor, commenting on the expensive car of the bishop, said that "God is not a fraer"

Oryol Governor Vadim Potomsky Oryol region administration website

Oryol Governor Vadim Potomsky, commenting on the reports of journalists about the expensive car of Bishop Nektariy, said that "God is not a fraudulent", reports the radio "Moscow speaking". “If he did something wrong, believe me, he does not live in an airless space, he has hierarchical subordination. He has Metropolitan Anthony, who can reprimand him if he sees fit. But it will be at their level. But when they start a person who has devoted his whole life to the service of God and people, the service of faith ... We can go to church, pray, ask for God's alms. And if we go to the representatives of God, we begin to lynch them and water them with something ... God is not a fraer. He sees everything. And there is only one judgment: God's judgment. Here it goes to the patriarch: the wrong hours, the wrong way of life, the wrong cars, ”the governor said.

Potomsky also expressed bewilderment, "who authorized the journalists to ask this question" and "where there is a criterion - it is possible for a priest, but this is not."

The material about the luxury SUV of Bishop Nektarios was published on May 23 on the website of "Open Russia". The note said that the bishop of the Livny and Little Arkhangelsk diocese, Nektarios, had acquired a Land Cruiser V8 worth 6 million rubles. The car is registered to the priest, its registration numbers are from the elite series of the government of the Oryol region. Sources in the Oryol Metropolitanate stated that this was not a purchase, but a gift. In the situation itself, they did not see anything reprehensible, referring back to the times of Jesus Christ, "who walked in expensive clothes" received from "admirers".

The governor of the Oryol region, Vadim Potomsky, spoke in defense of the local bishop Nektarios, about whose expensive car journalists wrote a few days ago, reports Medialeaks.

The priest and his statement that Jesus also wore expensive clothes was criticized even by other representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, but Potomsky said that too curious journalists are wrong in this story, because the only one who can judge Nektarios is God, and he “ not a fraer "...

The presenters of the radio station "Says Moscow" interviewed the governor of the Oryol region Vadim Potomsky about the conflict between the newspaper "Orlovskie Novosti" and the local bishop Nektariy, who was found in possession of a Toyota Land Cruiser v8 SUV with "thieves" license plates assigned to regional government cars. Potomsky criticized the journalists, saying that they should not ask questions to the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church, because it is written in the Bible:

We must read the Bible: do not judge, that you will not be judged. And when journalists start asking questions about how the clergy live, I have one question: who authorized them to ask this question? And then, where there is a criterion - this is possible for a priest, but this is not possible. Did he insult anyone? Did he preach the wrong message? Has less parishioners come to his parish? Is he not rebuilding the temple? And I know that Nektarios is engaged, enjoys great respect from the residents. I know for sure that Mr. Mazov, the owner of "Orlovskiye Novosti", has no such right to behave this way.

The governor separately noted that ordinary citizens should not pay attention to the life of clergymen and notice their possible shortcomings - there is God for this, and he, according to Potomsky, is “not a fraer”:

We can go to the temple, pray, ask for God's alms. And if we go to the representatives of God, we begin to lynch them and water them with something ... God is not a fraer. He sees everything. And there is only one judgment: God's judgment. With us, it goes to the patriarch: the wrong hours, he doesn't live like that, he drives the wrong cars.

It is not the first time that Potomsky has attracted media attention with his ambiguous statements. Last year, he called the local media outlets "bullshit" and said they were scaring off potential investors from the region. Each nonsense that has a pen and a piece of paper pokes how bad it is in the Oryol region. He has nothing but a typewriter and has done nothing in this life. He has not created a single workplace, but he bites, bites, bites. Which investor will want to come to the region if the situation is constantly escalating?

In 2015, Potomskiy was invited to the Full Contact program, where he “scattered around the concepts” of his views on life, when he was directly asked: “Are you a bandit?”

I am a large person, I served in an army sports club, a master of sports in judo, and according to all my external data, and the way I talk and, if necessary, answer any question posed, including if someone needs to show his physical strength, I will not stand up for the price, and you need to talk to me within the framework that I allow.

This question was asked to Potomskiy against the background of rumors about his connections with the Malyshevskaya organized criminal group - the governor's opponents claim that his sister was married to one of the members of the group and was running a waste disposal business in the Leningrad Region, with the help of which she received about 360 million rubles from the state budget.

But the most famous statement of the governor was not the use of "thieves" jargon in official communication, but the statement that Ivan the Terrible (1547-1584) took his sick son to St. Petersburg for treatment (founded in 1703). Potomsky accompanied this statement with the comment "who does not know history, he has no future."