Russian Orthodox Church in DPRK

Jongbaek Church Completed
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- A ceremony for the completion of the Jongbaek Church standing on the bank of the River Taedong was held on the spot Sunday. Present there were Kwak Pom Gi, vice-premier of the Cabinet, officials concerned and members of various religious organizations. Also present there were members of the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church led by its Chairman of the Office for Foreign Relations Kirill, patriarch of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Regions, Andrei Karlov, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and staff members of the embassy, diplomatic envoys of various other countries and representatives of international organizations here. Ho Il Jin, chairman of the Korean Orthodox Church Committee, made a speech at the ceremony to be followed by congratulatory speeches by Patriarch Kirill, Jang Jae On, chairman of the Korean Religionists' Association, and Viktor Gorchyakov, deputy governor of the Maritime Provincial Administration of the Russian Federation. Ho Il Jin in his speech said the inauguration of the Jongbaek Church on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of Kim Jong Il's historic visit to the Russian Federation marked an occasion in boosting the relations between the DPRK and Russia. The speaker recalled that Kim Jong Il, during his visit to the Far Eastern region of Russia, highly praised the Orthodox Church for having played the role of a pacemaker in developing the history and culture of Russia in the past and preserving the national tradition and gave an instruction on building a church in Pyongyang so that Orthodox Church goers might lead a pious life during their visit to Korea. Pointing out that the Russian side has rendered sincere assistance to the DPRK in the construction of the church in the last three years, ho noted that the DPRK side would successfully manage and operate the church as desired by the peoples of the two countries and make positive efforts to preserve peace and security on the Korean Peninsula. Kirill in his congratulatory speech noted with joy that the Jongbaek Church has been successfully built thanks to the initiative and deep care of Kim Jong Il, chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, thus restoring the religious and fraternal ties established between the two countries more than a century back. The ceremony was followed by a consecration rite. The Korean Orthodox Church Committee hosted a reception at the People's Palace of Culture on the same day in connection with the completion of the church

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[eymanwasgeht]

@irtgu8tg

Es ist eher Arschkriecherei seitens des nordkoreanischen Regimes bei Russland.

Natürlich weiß Russland, dass das nur oberflächlich ist und die Christen dort verfolgt werden, nur sind orthodoxe Christen davon nicht betroffen, weil es seit dem Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts keine orthodoxen Christen mehr in Korea gibt.

Trotzdem verfolgt Nordkorea Protestanten und Katholiken und stecken sie in sogennante Umerziehungslager, wo sie meistens sterben.

Google einfach mal open doors

[irtgu8tg]

aber in Nordkorea ist es verboten ins Christentum zu bekehren????

das Regime müsste doch eigt. die Kirche abreißen und die Menschen die an Gott glauben alle festnehmen, ich verstehe nix mehr! XDD

[bigblackdyx]

DDAAAAAYYYYYUM! Dose Choich be some sneak ass mofos! Just when a Nigga be thankin Noth Korea be a refuge....dey get der too....just DAAAYYYYYYYUUUUMMMMNNNN!

[leeswoo00]

완전히 이런 종교적인 것에도 주체사상 등을 예기하는 북한.....

[mixbor]

When is Russian pursued your church.

p.sRemember a crusade against orthodox 1242 года.Remember about a genocide Serbian .Remember about plunder by crusaders besantia

[iliamakhnev]

shut the fuck up you asshole

[akibem1]

Hahaha, no doubt. No need for another headache for Russia. But I bet if they were part of the Soviet Union after world war 2, their lifestyle would have been quite different.

[Lengsel75]

Oh yes, 23 million of hungry north koreans is all we need..

[Sovietrafa]

Every kind of model for economic and social construction is a form of human development, whether you like it or not. Fom liberalism socialism, from capitalist imperialism to a juche society. Even fascism has its model fo human development. But every model has its dominated and dominators that is a lesson fom history

[rootincarnate]

just remove the space between w and .