Archpriest Kalinin, dismissed by the patriarch, confirmed that he was hospitalized with a heart attack

Archpriest Leonid Kalinin, who was relieved of his posts and banned from serving by the decision of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), told RIA Novosti that he had been hospitalized with a heart attack. Earlier I wrote about this with reference to sources BBC Russian Service. Patriarch Kirill dismissed the 54-year-old archpriest from his post due to “obstruction of bringing” Andrei Rublev’s “Holy Trinity” to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

“Yes. Is it true. Everything was fine this morning. And then my chest began to press hard, I’m not hypertensive, I didn’t understand what. And then I had to call an ambulance and my blood pressure was 220 to 110, I asked to be taken to the hospital, ”said the archpriest in response to a question whether it was true that he had been admitted to the hospital with a heart attack.

May 27 Archpriest suspended from a number of positions: from the position of rector of the Moscow Church of the Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome, chairman of the Expert Council on Church Art, Architecture and Restoration, diocesan curator of antiquities of the Moscow diocese, from the obedience of a member of the Patriarchal Council for Culture.

Six days earlier, in an interview with RBC, Leonid Kalinin said that before transporting and placing the icon of the Holy Trinity in the Trinity Cathedral, it is necessary to create a “special protective capsule” so that it does not get damaged. Commenting on the decision of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archpriest declaredthat “apparently he made some kind of mistake” and that he hopes “for the wisdom” of the patriarch.

May 21 On May 15, the Russian Orthodox Church announced that the president had decided to return the “Holy Trinity” to the church. Previously, the icon had been in the Tretyakov Gallery for decades. The director of the Pushkin Museum, Elizaveta Likhacheva, said that after the transfer to the church, the icon “may be lost.” Art historians argue that the necessary conditions for the icon can only be provided in the museum.

Read more about the position of the icon of Andrei Rublev – in the material “Kommersant” “”Trinity” is prescribed peace”.

Anastasia Larina