Paul Goble
Staunton, Aug. 25 – The Moscow Patriarchate has sent a circular letter to all of its bishoprics ordering them to work closely with the Russian Community, the extremist Russian nationalist group that has attacked protesters, immigrants and non-Russian minorities, another sign that the Community increasingly resembles the Black Hundreds of the end of tsarist times.
The letter said that each bishopric should appoint a priest to be responsible for maintaining and developing relations with the Russian Community and work to involve it more fully in church life (t.me/tsargradtv/115041 // and sova-center.ru/religion/news/authorities/elections/2025/08/d52135/).
Not all Russian Orthodox faithful or clergy are comfortable with the often pagan-themed actions of the Russian Community, and it is likely that the ROC MP has sent out this letter in order to ensure that all its bishoprics work with the Community and try to wean it away from the Aryan paganism that sometimes has informed its statements.
For background on the Russian Community and its increasing resemblance to the Black Hundreds in tsarist times, see jamestown.org/program/russian-community-extremists-becoming-the-black-hundreds-of-today/, windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/07/failure-of-russian-police-to-rein-in.html and windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/06/russian-community-now-country-wide.html.
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