Metropolitan Tikhon said that he compared Crimea to Kolyma as a joke
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Metropolitan of Simferopol and Crimea Tikhon (Shevkunov) said that his recent statement about Crimea was misunderstood and replicated without context.
In October, in the Pskov-Pechersky Monastery, on the eve of leaving for a new place of service, Tikhon stated that “for us this is Crimea,” and for the ancient Greeks and Byzantines “it was a place where people did not live normally.” So for me – to the resorts of Kolyma,” the clergyman added and noted that he still considers Crimea a wonderful place.
“In no way did I want to compare Crimea with our domestic Kolyma,” Tikhon said on Wednesday.
According to him, the purpose of his statement was “to joke, to cheer up.”
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