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Russian priest posted to remote village over wife's 'sin'
Source: BBC
Russian priest posted to remote village over wife's 'sin'
By News from Elsewhere...
...as found by BBC Monitoring
15 April 2019
An Orthodox priest in Russia's Urals region has been posted to a remote village as punishment for his wife's participation in a local beauty pageant during Lent.
Oksana Zotova, who runs a beauty salon in the city of Magnitogorsk, won the Miss Sensuality prize at the contest, and attracted a wave of criticism after an anonymous account on Russian social news aggregator Pikabu revealed that she was the wife of a priest.
Once religious authorities in the diocese got wind of the story, Sergei Zotov was promptly dismissed from his post at Magnitogorsk's Cathedral of the Ascension of Christ.
He must now ply his trade in the village of Fershampenuaz, around 65 kilometres away from Magnitogorsk, and with population of just 4,000.
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He ruled that Sergei Zotov "will not be rehabilitated until his wife repents".
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By News from Elsewhere...
...as found by BBC Monitoring
15 April 2019
An Orthodox priest in Russia's Urals region has been posted to a remote village as punishment for his wife's participation in a local beauty pageant during Lent.
Oksana Zotova, who runs a beauty salon in the city of Magnitogorsk, won the Miss Sensuality prize at the contest, and attracted a wave of criticism after an anonymous account on Russian social news aggregator Pikabu revealed that she was the wife of a priest.
Once religious authorities in the diocese got wind of the story, Sergei Zotov was promptly dismissed from his post at Magnitogorsk's Cathedral of the Ascension of Christ.
He must now ply his trade in the village of Fershampenuaz, around 65 kilometres away from Magnitogorsk, and with population of just 4,000.
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He ruled that Sergei Zotov "will not be rehabilitated until his wife repents".
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-47912910
Oksana Zotova's photos have prompted condemnation and admiration on social media
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