Religious faiths in Russia more and more actively adopt the Internet Moscow, November 10th (ITAR-TASS) - Religious faiths in Russia are more and more actively adopting the Internet. �In the Russian segment of the Internet there are more than 2,500 web sites on Orthodox issues; practically all Muslim communities in Russia have computers�, announced Andrei Barabanov, Representative of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, in the Federation of Internet Education (FIO). Today a special course for students of the Orthodox and Islamic theological institutes was opened here. �Still 10 or 15 years ago no one could anticipate that the modern information technology would have such an influence on the life of priests and parishioners�, said Barabanov, emphasizing that �the necessity of using the Internet in a religious sphere increases with every new day�. The FIO informed us that 20 seminarians of the Moscow Clerical Academy and 21 students of the Moscow Islamic University sit on the �computer school bench�. Father Pavel, secretary of the Scholars Council of the Moscow Clerical Academy, expressed wishes that the students would perceive the resources of the World Wide Web �through the prism of humanity�. �The Internet allows us to overpass the distance between the clergy and the world in a shortest way�, he added. Source: ITAR-TASS
Religious faiths in Russia more and more actively adopt the Internet
�Still 10 or 15 years ago no one could anticipate that the modern information technology would have such an influence on the life of priests and parishioners�, said Barabanov, emphasizing that �the necessity of using the Internet in a religious sphere increases with every new day�.
The FIO informed us that 20 seminarians of the Moscow Clerical Academy and 21 students of the Moscow Islamic University sit on the �computer school bench�.
Father Pavel, secretary of the Scholars Council of the Moscow Clerical Academy, expressed wishes that the students would perceive the resources of the World Wide Web �through the prism of humanity�. �The Internet allows us to overpass the distance between the clergy and the world in a shortest way�, he added.
Source: ITAR-TASS
