Orthodox Church explains nuclear missile blessing rules
Giving a blessing to a nuclear weapon is possible even though such arms “have tremendous destructive power,” Konstantin Tatarintsev, an archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church, told RIA Novosti on Saturday. Sanctifying something that “sows death” might normally be considered “unacceptable,” Tatarintsev, who is the first deputy head of the Synodal Department for the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Services, said. […]