Orthodoxy and the Death Penalty
Tamara Chikunova, an Uzbek Orthodox Christian, founder of ‘Mothers against the Death Penalty and Torture,’ quoted in Life is God’s gift, says Orthodox Christian woman fighting the death penalty:
Historical tidbit: Far from being the despotic and draconian state often depicted by the pravoslavophobic West, Tsarist Russia abolished the death penalty during the reign of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna (1741-1761).
Tamara Chikunova, an Uzbek Orthodox Christian, founder of ‘Mothers against the Death Penalty and Torture,’ quoted in Life is God’s gift, says Orthodox Christian woman fighting the death penalty:
- I am a believer. I am an Orthodox Christian and I help those who are on death row because life is God’s most important gift to us. The state has no right to decide who lies and who dies; only God can.
Historical tidbit: Far from being the despotic and draconian state often depicted by the pravoslavophobic West, Tsarist Russia abolished the death penalty during the reign of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna (1741-1761).
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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