Russian paratroopers to receive chapel on wheels

[flateric]

"GO-GO-GO! Eject the altar!"

Russian paratroopers to receive chapel on wheels

[font=verdana, sans-serif]16:04 27/05/2011[/font]

[font=verdana, sans-serif]The Russian Orthodox Church has given the country's Airborne Troops a mobile chapel to accompany them on military drills and combat missions, a paratrooper spokesman said on Friday.[/font]
[font=verdana, sans-serif]The church is part of a wider project to restore full-scale military priesthood, which existed in Russia from the 18th century to the start of the Soviet era.[/font]
[font=verdana, sans-serif]"Russian paratroopers received their first mobile church in May, financed by the Russian Orthodox Church," the spokesman said.[/font]
[font=verdana, sans-serif]The chapel is built on the frame of a truck trailer and is equipped with a life-support module, an electric generator and multimedia equipment.[/font]
[font=verdana, sans-serif]It is serviced on the field by a priest and a five-man support team.[/font]
[font=verdana, sans-serif]The chapel will be tested during forthcoming airborne exercises.[/font]
[font=verdana, sans-serif]Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said in 2010 that Orthodox Church military chaplains will soon appear in the Russian army.[/font]
[font=verdana, sans-serif]According to the Russian Defense Ministry, two thirds of the country's servicemen consider themselves religious. Some 83 percent of them are Orthodox Christians, about 8 percent are Muslims, and 9 percent represent other confessions.[/font]


[font=verdana, sans-serif]MOSCOW, May 27 (RIA Novosti) [/font]

http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20120306/586014546.html

 

[Orionblamblam]

Well, sure. Because when faced with the choice of a "truck full of ammo" and a "truck where you can pray for more ammo," who, especially paratroopers behind enemy lines, wouldn't choose the latter?