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The Russian Orthodox Church did not support the project with graffiti of saints on Moscow streets

15 November 2019

The church is open to cooperation with painters, but will not support a project to apply graffiti with images of saints on the streets of the capital. This is how the chairman of the expert council of the Russian Orthodox Church on church art, architecture and restoration, the ancient guardian of the Moscow city

diocese Archpriest Leonid Kalinin. By the way, his first, secular education was precisely artistic.

As reported by the Moscow City News Agency, the expert assesses the project as “artistic, but not ecclesiastical,” more connected with public relations than with faith, and not devoid of “even some kind of philistine spirit”. According to the Christian tradition, when portraying saints, it is necessary to follow certain canons. It is unacceptable, for example, to do this where such an image can be painted over, damaged or desecrated. Cases when graffiti with saints, painted on the walls of houses by the participants of the project 'After the Icon', were painted over by the municipal services of the capital, have already been noted.

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The Russian Orthodox Church did not support the project with graffiti of saints on Moscow streets The Russian Orthodox Church did not support the project with graffiti of saints on Moscow streets The church is open to cooperation with painters, but will not support a project to apply graffiti with images of saints on the streets of the capital. This is how the chairman of the expert council of the Russian Orthodox Church on church art, architecture and restoration, the ancient guardian of the Moscow city diocese Archpriest Leonid Kalinin. By the way, his first, secular education was precisely artistic. As reported by the Moscow City News Agency, the expert assesses the project as “artistic, but not ecclesiastical,” more connected with public relations than with faith, and not devoid of “even some kind of philistine spirit”. According to the Christian tradition, when portraying saints, it is necessary to follow certain canons. It is unacceptable, for example, to do this where such an image can be painted over, damaged or desecrated. Cases when graffiti with saints, painted on the walls of houses by the participants of the project 'After the Icon', were painted over by the municipal services of the capital, have already been noted.
The church is open to cooperation with painters, but will not support a project to apply graffiti with images of saints on the streets of the capital. This is how the chairman of the expert council of the Russian Orthodox Church on church art, architecture and restoration, the ancient guardian of the Moscow city diocese Archpriest Leonid Kalinin. By the way, his first, secular education was precisely artistic. As reported by the Moscow City News Agency, the expert assesses the project as “artistic, but not ecclesiastical,” more connected with public relations than with faith, and not devoid of “even some kind of philistine spirit”. According to the Christian tradition, when portraying saints, it is necessary to follow certain canons. It is unacceptable, for example, to do this where such an image can be painted over, damaged or desecrated. Cases when graffiti with saints, painted on the walls of houses by the participants of the project 'After the Icon', were painted over by the municipal services of the capital, have already been noted.