Musi waChivabvu 7, mukuru weRussia weWorldwide Union of Old Believers (Vatendi vekare ndivo maKristu eEastern Orthodox vanochengeta tsika dzechechi yeRussian Orthodox Church sezvavaive pamberi pekuvandudzwa kwaPatriarch Nikon weMoscow pakati pa1652 na1666) Leonid Sevastianov. akagamuchira tsamba yakanyorwa noruoko kubva kuna Papa Francis.
Tsamba yacho yakanyorerwawo kuna Svetlana Kasyan, muimbi ane mukurumbira wekuRussia opera uye mudzimai waLeonid. Papa akavatenda nokuda kwe“chimiro chavo chorugare” achiwedzera kuti “isu maKristu tinofanira kuva vamiriri vorugare, vanoita rugare, vanoparidza rugare, vanogara murugare.”
Vatungamiriri vezvitendero vaviri Leonid naFrancis vanonyatsozivana, uye zviri pachena kuti wekupedzisira anowana nzeve ine hushamwari neyekutanga pane naPatriarch weMoscow Kirill, munguva dzino dzehondo. Kirill anga achishandisa chinzvimbo chake kubatsira nhema dzeKremlin dzinopembedza hondo muUkraine, apo Leonid Sevastianov, achiri kugara muMoscow, akataura pfungwa yake noushingi kuti Kirill akanga akanganisa zvikuru, uye hondo iyoyo yakanga isina mubvunzo: "Hatizivi chikonzero nei hondo iyi: nokuda kwezvikonzero zvipi. ? Nezvinangwa zvipi?" akadaro, asingadzivise izwi iri kunyangwe mutemo weRussia unorambidza kushandiswa kweshoko rekuti "hondo" pakutaura nezvekupinda kweUkraine nemauto eRussia. Uye maererano naKirill: "Zvinonzwisisika zvingaite kuti Isita ive nguva yevanhu, uye kwete yezvematongerwo enyika. Asi zvakataurwa naKirill zvinoratidza zvakasiyana. Uye dzinoreva kutsauka.”
Aya mazwi akasimba anofanana neaFrancis mukati Corriere della Sera mushure mekunge ataura naKirill: "tateguru havagone kuzvishandura kuita mukomana weatari yaPutin."
Francis zvakare fan hombe waSvetlana Kasyan, uye nguva pfupi yadarika akaburitsa album yake yekutanga ega iyo yaakadaidza kuti "Fratelli Tutti", mukuremekedza encyclique yaPope yakabudiswa gore rakapfuura. Musoro uye pfungwa yealbum, yakananga kurunyararo rwepasirese pakati pevanhu vechero nyika uye chero kutenda, yaive yerudzi rwechiporofita: kune zvakanyanya kupfuura kare kudiwa kwekunzwisisa kwakawanda, rudo rwakawanda, huhama hwakawanda. Ndiwo zvakare meseji yaSevastianov, meseji yaaizoda kusvika kune vatungamiriri vezvematongerwo enyika munyika yaanogara.
Mwedzi yadarika iyi, Kirill akarambwa nemazana evatungamiriri nevapristi veOrthodox pasi rese, asiwo muRussia, kunyangwe paine njodzi inotorwa nemunhu anoshora hondo nevadziviriri vayo. Mune ramangwana, kana izvi zvapera, zvinogona kuitika kuti Chechi yeOrthodox yeRussia inorasikirwa nesimba rayo kunyangwe muRussia, uye ndiani anoziva achakwanisa kuwana hutungamiriri hwemweya ipapo. Muchokwadi, angave ani nani kunze kwehutungamiriri hwazvino hweChechi yeOrthodox yeRussia, iyo yakatonyanya kuzviisa mune zvematongerwo enyika uye kudziya.