Posted on 10/23/2021 6:14:15 PM PDT by marshmallow
Leaving America and England, a group of Orthodox Christian families are looking forward to starting their new lives in Russia. The only thing they need are VISAs. The Russian Orthodox Church has agreed to work together with government authorities, offering humanitarian VISAs to these Christian immigrants.
On Friday, October 22, 2021, members of the Yaroslavl regional government had a meeting with Metropolitan Vadim, head of the Russian Orthodox diocese of Yaroslavl and Rostov. The Metropolitan has given his consent to offer humanitarian VISAs to the group of immigrants soon arriving from America and England.
Under Russian law, a religious organization can offer official invitations to foreigners, enabling them to receive one-year humanitarian VISAs, permitting them to live in Russia for a sufficient amount of time to complete the immigration process.
Russian tourist VISAs had already been available, but that type of VISA is not well suited for immigration. American tourists can spend a maximum of six months in Russia before being required to leave the country. Most tourists from other countries can stay in Russia no more than 90 days at a time. Meanwhile, a person applying for legal residency in Russia has to gather all of the proper documentation, submit the application, and wait to receive a response — and this process can take anywhere from 6 to 9 months (or more).
Previously, during the 8th International Faith & Word festival in Moscow, Patriarch Kirill — the head of the Russian Church — encouraged clergy to assist Orthodox Christian immigrants who are wanting to start a new life in Russia.
For those who remember the Cold War, did you ever think you’d read a headline like this?
I'm tempted but all I have is MasterCard and American Express. Darn!
Absolutely not. It is backward according to all I used to know.
Not sure I would feel safe there either, though. It is good of them to offer.
Can I keep my job there if I don’t get the shot?
Definitely not.
Hmmmm.
The only reason my family would consider it, is if they weren’t a totalitarian authoritarian regime, like our government is speeding towards. Why jump from the frying pan into the fire? But our eyes snd ears and minds are open.
Ken H wrote:
“For those who remember the Cold War, did you ever think you’d read a headline like this?”
No, not ever.
I vaguely remember Khrushchev.
But I do recall the “duck and cover” drills in school.
Recently, I read that Putin’s mom raised him Orthodox Christian, so I guess he hasn’t forgotten.
(But he —was— KGB).
At this point, Russia is the frying pan. America is the fire.
Neither country is free. Neither have honest elections. But at least in Russia, you're free to say that only men have penises.
Do a Google images search on Sochi Russia.
Since I can’t leave Kanadahar (Canada) because I refuse the ‘killer shot’, perhaps I need to ‘defect’ and claim ‘refugee ststus’ in Russia.
I would do it if it were just me. America is in for a major blooding.
Growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70s, I would never imagine myself living in Russia, but now I do, and I love it!
Please, do tell?
I was eight when the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred, and my father was DOD electronics for the USN, ready to be deployed on any ship if the blockade had turned bloody.
I remember Nikita Khrushchev well. One proof of this is the Tampa Bay Lightning's superstar, Nikita Kucherov; more than once in NHL-related discussions I have slipped and called him Khrushchev.
Considered moving from the UK to Poland years ago as I saw what was coming. But I’m Protestant.
You feel safe here???
Uh, your home page has a California flag...
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