The donation of the church in Russia is completely voluntary, and the New Testament church never sets the requirements for their scale. This has been declared by the Vice President of the Moscow's Father of the Moscow Father on the relationship of the Church with the society and communication of Vakhtang Kipshidze, who has quoted RIA Novosti.
Therefore, he responded to the words of Archpriest Sergei Kulpinov, who called on the Russians to be overwhelmed.
The donation for the church in Russia is extremely voluntary. (…) is probably a priest (Kulpinov – approximately.
At the same time, he noted that apart from the laity, no one supported the temple, a priest and his family. Contributing, representatives of the Orthodox Church emphasized that the moral obligations of believers, who have appropriate funds. In addition, Kipshedze recalls that in some countries there is a church tax collected with citizens with an appropriate service. In the quality of the example, he brought Germany.
Kulpinov has previously called to follow the guidance of God, whereby followers should sacrifice the churches of one tenth of the income. According to Archpriest, if the parishioners do not donate, the priests will have to have a job, while spending less time for services.
