Anna Kuznetsova: “Arson of the Dormition Church in Karelia is a Signal to Start Listening to Children”

Pravmir.com team | 25 August 2018

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Anna Kuznetsova, has called the arson of the Dormition Church in Kondopoga in Karelia, a signal to start listening to children and their cry for help. A 15-year-old is suspected in the arson.

“The arson of the church. Who would think of such a thing? The building, which survived the Great Patriotic War, fell at the hands of a teenager. This is a signal for all of us, our society, to start listening to children. This is their cry for help, when no one can hear them,” Anna Kuznetsova said on Thursday, August 23, during her visit to Saratov, reported Interfax-Religion.

According to the children’s ombudsperson, it is essential to draw conclusions that “listening to children, talking to them, is crucial in order that such a situation does not occur, without downplaying the crime as a negative phenomenon that certainly deserves an unprecedented negative assessment”.

As for the teenage suspect in the arson of the church, Anna Kuznetsova reported that her office monitors the situation and had not received any complaints about his containment. The suspect is currently in the temporary containment center for juvenile offenders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Karelia.

Translated by Julia Frolova

Since you are here…

…we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong.

Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable.

For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir.

If everyone reading Pravmir could donate 5 euros a month, they would contribute greatly to our ability to spread the word of Christ, Orthodoxy, life's purpose, family and society.