Metropolitan Borys Gudziak: I guarantee that the Russian Empire will collapse — if not now, then later
He spoke about this in an interview with LB.ua.
“Remember the collapse of the Soviet Union — until the very last moment, world leaders did not believe that it would happen. And I guarantee that the Russian empire will also collapse one day — if not now, then later. After all, all other European empires have already collapsed,” said the hierarch.
The metropolitan also expressed confidence that the changes will affect the Russian Orthodox Church:
"I quote Sergei Chapnin, a Russian, former editor of the Moscow Patriarchate magazine, who now works at Fordham University in New York, a Jesuit university with an Orthodox centre founded by Greeks: ‘Until the Russian empire collapses and the Russian Orthodox Church is brought to its knees, there will be no reforms. There will be no change, no authentic spiritual life.'"
"Today, only 1% of Russians regularly attend church. For comparison, in France, the figure is about 5%. That is five times more than in Russia. This is a disaster for the Russian people. Young people there are simply sent as cannon fodder and brainwashed. Someday, perhaps, generations will repent, as was the case with the Germans after World War II," added the hierarch of the UGCC.
