The preamble of the European Constitution ought to affirm that Christianity and Christian culture have contributed to “founding European civilization”: the appeal was made by Alexis II, Patriarch of Moscow and of all the Russias, speaking off the cuff to journalists at a prize-giving ceremony in recent days. “The preamble of the law on the Russian Federation on freedom of conscience and of religion added the Patriarch mentions the role that Orthodoxy and traditional religions have had in the history and culture of Russia. I think that Europe too should not forget its historic legacy and the contribution that Christianity has made to its cultural development”.
