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Flying priests crop-dust Russian citizens with holy water to make them stop boozing and bonking
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/18/flying_priests_cropdust_russian_citizens_with_holy_water_to_make_them_stop_boozing_and_bonking/
Orthodox priests in the central Russian city of Tver have been practising an original method of ridding locals of alcohol abuse and fornication: grab some religious relics, jump in a bi-plane, circle overhead and pour holy water onto citizens from the skies while reciting prayers.
Russian news site tnvernews.ru reported that far from being a one-off stunt, Tver priests have been doing this on national Sobriety Day (11 September) for years. Organiser and parish council chair Alexander Goryachev was quoted as saying: