Selling A Church For Scrap
by Ron Gold on Nov.14, 2008, under Religulous
Some Russians were able to find a practical use for a nearby church:
. . . Orthodox officials in a central Russian region say an abandoned church building that was to be put back into use has been stolen by local villagers.
Orthodox priest Vitaly of the Ivanovo-Voskresenskaya diocese said officials last saw the two-story Church of Resurrection intact in late July. Sometime in early October, however, people from the nearby village of Komarovo, northeast of Moscow, dismantled the building, he said.
Villagers apparently sold it to a local businessman, one ruble (about 4 cents) per brick, Vitaly said. Orthodox priests use only one name.
It’s sort of sad, considering the church was 200-years-old, and it’s likely that the thieves will use the money to buy booze and drugs. Still, you have to admire their confidence that there is no hell.
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