CWN - The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has encouraged his fellow Russians not to forget the positive achievements that took place in the 1920s through the 1940s, when Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union.
“There would not be modern Russia, if not [for the] heroism of the preceding generations, who in the 20s and the 30s not only turned up the soil, though it is also important, but founded industry, science and defense power of the country,” Patriarch Kirill of Moscow said on November 4, according to the Interfax news agency.
At the same time, “where there was blood, injustice, and sufferings, we say that it is unacceptable for us, people of the 21st century,” the leader of the largest of the Orthodox churches said.
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