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Russian Orthodox priest rebuked over Gucci Instagram posts
Source: The Guardian
Russian Orthodox priest rebuked over Gucci Instagram posts
Vyacheslav Baskakov apologises after showing off luxury slippers, shoes and bags
Andrew Roth in Moscow
Mon 10 Dec 2018 15.46 GMT
A Russian Orthodox priest will be punished for his Instagram posts flaunting extravagant items from Gucci and Louis Vuitton, a senior church official has said.
Vyacheslav Baskakov posted photographs featuring luxury slippers, silver-buckled shoes and Louis Vuitton handbags and luggage worth hundreds of pounds. The photos were taken offline after they began to draw attention last week.
Church leaders have chided Baskakov for “poor taste” and said a disciplinary committee had been convened to “bring [him] to his senses”.
“I hope this will bring this shepherd to account,” said Alexander Volkov, the spokesman for the Russian Orthodox patriarch Kirill. “The life of a priest cannot be divided between the personal and public and no clergyman can act like a priest in a church from the morning until lunch and then be whoever he wants from lunch until evening.”
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Vyacheslav Baskakov apologises after showing off luxury slippers, shoes and bags
Andrew Roth in Moscow
Mon 10 Dec 2018 15.46 GMT
A Russian Orthodox priest will be punished for his Instagram posts flaunting extravagant items from Gucci and Louis Vuitton, a senior church official has said.
Vyacheslav Baskakov posted photographs featuring luxury slippers, silver-buckled shoes and Louis Vuitton handbags and luggage worth hundreds of pounds. The photos were taken offline after they began to draw attention last week.
Church leaders have chided Baskakov for “poor taste” and said a disciplinary committee had been convened to “bring [him] to his senses”.
“I hope this will bring this shepherd to account,” said Alexander Volkov, the spokesman for the Russian Orthodox patriarch Kirill. “The life of a priest cannot be divided between the personal and public and no clergyman can act like a priest in a church from the morning until lunch and then be whoever he wants from lunch until evening.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/10/russian-orthodox-priest-rebuked-over-gucci-instagram-posts
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