27 May 2012, 06:25
Recent proposal by
Vsevolod Chaplin to impose a “church tithe” in Russia caused more smiles than to
protests, which have become the natural reaction to the initiatives of the
Russian Orthodox Church chief PR-executive of late. Comments regarding the
occasion may be reduced to a simple thesis that “we are about to find out the
real number of true believers in Russia”. Having smiled with everyone else, I
decided to peek at our European neighbors in order to understand how the
educated European Union funds its churches (of which there are aplenty). Here I
would like to share the results of my research with the progressive
public.
