Bochum. After ten years he lived in Bochum, Aleksejs Ribakovs just want to get away from this town. For several years, the Orthodox priests of young people are terrorized. The attack last Sunday was only the latest in a series of insults and attacks.
lives for ten years Aleksejs Ribakovs in the simple multi-family house in Gropiusweg Querenburg. But now we need it. He wants to move away, yesterday rather than today. And, although he, his wife and two children aged four and seven inhabit it felt. Since Sunday's final with home. Three young men harassed him in the evening in front of his house, one hit him repeatedly on the chest, spat in his face. Aleksejs Ribakovs is Russian Orthodox priest. That evening he came straight from church, wore his black cassock, the silver pectoral cross.
18.40 clock stopped against him, three young men and insulted him. The spokesman, the police spoke to the priest: "You Aramaic Christian, I'll break now easily in the chest, but only so that you can not report" multiple hit of about 20 -year-old and spat Aleksejs Ribakovs in the face.
dislikes because of his religious conviction
"When I got out shaking my cell phone to call the police, fled the attackers," says Ribakovs. For the precious silver cross or the Christian religious objects in his pocket viewed the assailant did not. That same day he filed a complaint with the police. Already last year he had three times to the police station. It was about every time out of his car theft or damage. "Multiple unknowns have urinated on my car, or pass on it," said Ribakovs. No, he had enemies not that it was probably a dislike for his religious beliefs.
works in Dusseldorf, he as a priest of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in Germany. He regularly celebrated in the worship of Mary-care community in Dusseldorf. Until the closing this summer, he also maintained Russian immigrants in the camp Unna-Massen.
quick off
As Orthodox priests receive any money from the community, learned Ribakovs a second job. He is a freelance IT consultant, such as for different nursing facilities. He therefore does not correspond to the image of the "rauschebärtigen priests" could feed the prejudices.
About certain things, such as when he was called because of his cassock of youth as Batman, he can even laugh. But now it suffices him, "That has everything to a head so that we do not only move," says Ribakovs.
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The priests in Germany have it pretty hard, zumind. the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church. This is a true battle of humility. The man must not only for the spiritual needs of his community care, but also exert a second job so he has to feed his family. In addition, we have insulted because of his religious conviction, spat upon, robbed, beaten and despised. And you have to tolerate the rest of his life, I think, no matter where you go. Hats off to Mr. Priest, a true man of God.
