OREANDA-NEWS. The idea to impose sanctions on the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill is proposed "for politics and red words," Archpriest Andrey Lorgus, director of the Institute of Christian Psychology, told NEWS.ru. Thus, the priest commented on the material of the French edition of AFP - the news agency referred to the head of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, Gabrielius Landsbergis, who proposed to impose restrictions on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

I don't really understand why this is done? What is the meaning of these sanctions, how will they affect the patriarch? There’s not even anything to say here, if so, for politics, for red words,” Lorgus added.

The day before, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia decided not to hold their previously scheduled meeting in Jerusalem. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, the head of the Roman Catholic Church explained that she may have an ambiguous signal.

Shortly before Easter, Patriarch Kirill urged "not to succumb to the temptation of the enemy" who seeks to destroy the "unity among Orthodox Christians" at the current time. According to the primate, this can be done through the manifestation of sincere "love for neighbors."