Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan Feofan commented on the issue that, according to him, worries many Orthodox believers today, namely, the supply of documents with electronic chips, the Tatar-inform news agency reported with reference to the metropolitan press service. The point of view of the ruling bishop on this problem is unambiguous: chipping must be abandoned, since it restricts the rights of believers in Russia. Vladyka declared this position of the hierarchy. Addressing the deputies of the State Duma during the VI Parliamentary Meetings in which he took part. “Citizens are trying to impose some kind of identity chip with unknown information ... We still need to legislatively give the opportunity to protect the right of these people to be full-fledged citizens with ordinary documents and at the same time enjoy all the social benefits,” said the Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan. For about a quarter of a century, the question of the possibility of introducing electronic technologies into documents obligatory for citizens has remained one of those most frequently asked by parishioners to the rectors of Orthodox churches. Some lay people associate microchips in documents with the 'mark of the beast' - a sign of obedience to the Antichrist, about which John the Theologian speaks in the New Testament book of Revelation or the Apocalypse (Rev. 14, 9-11).
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