2005.11.15 Interfax:
Moscow, November 15, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church wants Vladimir Lenin’s remains buried.
“Lenin should be buried, because the idea of mummification is beyond the realm of Russian cultural and religious traditions,” Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Kirill, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s foreign relations department, said at a press conference at Interfax on Tuesday in Moscow.
“This is an artificial phenomenon with a strange mysticism,” he said.
“Lenin’s burial need not set society ablaze, bring protesters out into the streets, create tensions between a part of population and the authorities or hamper the process of society consolidation, which – disregarding the radicals’ position – is underway with God’s help,” the metropolitan said.
….Then there’s that unpleasantness about murdering thousands of people, but I digress, added His Grace.
I thought it was capitalism and the west that was supposed to be buried. (Sorry Mr. Kruschev)
I thought it was because he was turning red (literally).