Russian+Orthodox+Church

The Russian Orthodox Church.
The Russian Orthodox Church has a membership of over eighty five million people. It is the largest Eastern Orthodox Church on Earth.

During the reign of the Soviet Union, the Russian Orthodox Church gave the citizens of Russia hope of a better after life.

The character Moses, in //Animal Farm//, represents the Russian Orthodox Church.



**Parallels to Animal Farm**

- The Russian Orthodox Church talked about a heaven where people went when they died. Things in heaven were peaceful and people were always happy.

- In //Animal Farm//, Moses talks about a place called Sugarcandy Mountain where animals go when they die. It was said that, "In Sugarcandy Mountain it was Sunday seven days a week, clover was in season all year round, and lump sugar and linseed cake grew on the hedges".

- "The animals hated Moses because he told tales and did no work, but some of them believed in Sugarcandy Mountain, and the pigs had to argue very hard to persuade them that there was no such place".

- Some of the people in the Soviet Union did not like the church because it talked about tales of heaven and did not work in the same way that the citizens did.

- When the work became tough, Moses gave a tiny bit of hope by saying, "there it lies, Sugarcandy Mountain, that happy country where we poor animals shall rest for ever from our labours".

- Moses' name comes from the Bible.

References: Russian Orthodox Church. (2012). In //Encyclopædia Britannica//. Retrieved from: [].