People who are engaged in a shameful profession cannot become godfathers. This was told by Nikolai Savchenko, a clergyman of the Trinity-Sergius Hermitage in Strelna, to socialbites.ca. According to him, now the priest can invite future godfathers to the temple for conversation and confession.
“A prostitute has no right to be a godmother, and an exposed and convicted thief has no right to be a godfather. Now they began to ask godparents to talk to the priest in preparation for baptism. So much so that there are no cases when people do not understand anything about the faith, do not hear anything, but are accepted as godfathers. There was an order from the patriarch, then it was approved by the council. Usually a meeting is needed where the priest talks about what the meaning of godparents is. After that, the priest will ask you to come to confession, but each time everything is asked separately. This is not a strict and unambiguous requirement, but a great desire,” he said.
For more information on who can be a godparent, see: material “Newspapers.Ru”.
Previously called the Russian Orthodox Church punish due to false reports against the family and errors of guardianship staff.
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Source: Gazeta
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