In 2012 a group named “Pussy Riot” became known around the world for their performance on the altar of Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior. During their performance they sang a song titled “Punk Prayer” which included a message that many people are still figuring out. Some believe that the song was designed to criticize the Russian Orthodox Church while others believe that it was criticizing the Vladimir Putin and the Russian government. Jeffrey Tayler, Leonid Storch, and Sergei Prozorov are among those people trying to solve what message Pussy Riot was really trying to send. Jeffrey Tayler is an American writer and Russian correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly. Soon after the Pussy Riot performance in 2012 he wrote an article that
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He writes that Pussy Riot was against the Russian Orthodox Church because Pussy Riot believed the Church was becoming a corrupt organization. Storch says that since the church took such a public stance against Pussy Riot they must be offended. Archpriest Dmitrii Smirnov came out and said that he would take away the Pussy Riot performers’ “children, destroy passports, and send them to Madonna, who has defended them.”(Stroch 61) If church officials did not believe that Pussy Riot was not against them, there would be no reason for them to make remarks like they did. The author also explains that because in court they were put on trial for blasphemy against the Orthodox Church this meant that Pussy Riot must be going against the church. Someone from the Cathedral said that the sight of Punk Prayer “had inflicted psychological trauma on him”(Stroch 62) and was organized by the …show more content…
In 2014 he published “Pussy Riot And The Politics Of Profanation” and argued that Pussy Riot’s performance was an act against the Putin and the Russian government. In his writing he says “While the members of Pussy Riot and their lawyers insisted on the political significance of their performance, the prosecution sought to reduce it to a blasphemous act, a violation of church ritual that was an offence to practicing Orthodox Christians.”(Prozorov 770) The author is making it clear that Pussy Riot members are saying themselves that it was politically motivated, however the prosecution feels like that the acts were against the Russian Orthodox
He writes that Pussy Riot was against the Russian Orthodox Church because Pussy Riot believed the Church was becoming a corrupt organization. Storch says that since the church took such a public stance against Pussy Riot they must be offended. Archpriest Dmitrii Smirnov came out and said that he would take away the Pussy Riot performers’ “children, destroy passports, and send them to Madonna, who has defended them.”(Stroch 61) If church officials did not believe that Pussy Riot was not against them, there would be no reason for them to make remarks like they did. The author also explains that because in court they were put on trial for blasphemy against the Orthodox Church this meant that Pussy Riot must be going against the church. Someone from the Cathedral said that the sight of Punk Prayer “had inflicted psychological trauma on him”(Stroch 62) and was organized by the …show more content…
In 2014 he published “Pussy Riot And The Politics Of Profanation” and argued that Pussy Riot’s performance was an act against the Putin and the Russian government. In his writing he says “While the members of Pussy Riot and their lawyers insisted on the political significance of their performance, the prosecution sought to reduce it to a blasphemous act, a violation of church ritual that was an offence to practicing Orthodox Christians.”(Prozorov 770) The author is making it clear that Pussy Riot members are saying themselves that it was politically motivated, however the prosecution feels like that the acts were against the Russian Orthodox