Today Muslims worldwide note one of the main holidays Kurban Bairam. Sports edition "Online BUSINESS" to which anything human isn't alien, decided to continue a religion subject in sports, and sports in religion. Which are sometimes so integrated. In our rating readers will get acquainted with priests-trainers, players brothers in faith and not only.

1 . "Atletik" Bilbao. By and large from Bilbao it is impossible to call team the religious project, but the orientation on selection of football players of only a basque nationality, unambiguously says that besides Catholics in "Athletics" atheists can play only. However, and the history "Athletics" prompts that religions here aren't alien. The nickname "Lions" occurs from that the stadium is located near Sacred Mamas's church (Mames in the Spanish option). Mamas was thrown into the early period of Christianity on worry to lions Romans. Lions didn't begin to eat Mamas. Later it was canonized.

2  .  Father Alexey.  The orthodox priest helps trainer Evgeny Vyborova with work from the national team of Mongolia on bandy.  According to the priest it in 2007 met Vyborov then rose on the skates after a 27-year break.  Trains together with the Mongolian hockey players in a sweater at number 17 which was carried by the great Soviet hockey player Valery Kharlamov.  Besides according to the priest, it isn't casual:  "Har of lamas" in Mongolian means "the orthodox priest"!

3 . FC "Ansan Alliluya". The team from South Korea was one of five founders of professional league. Now ansanets represent the division second for force in the championship of South Korea. All football players of club deep religiousness, and this unites one of necessary conditions of hit in club. In each game they in a uniform rush fall on knees directly on a lawn and indulge in prayers in hope of the help of the supreme. The club appeared in 1980. The cross on an emblem ambiguously lets know an orientation. The European missionaries and the Korean Christians decided to collect round themselves a community of brothers in faith. In 1983 "Hallelujah" together with four other clubs entered in again educated Super - League – the progenitress of a present elite division. By the way "sacred" became her first winner.

. Vatican. In Soviet period in the Sovetsky Sport newspaper there was a small note about the soccer championship of Vatican in which inhabitants of this state participated. And in 2007 I started the first season of the championship of Vatican, received the name "Clergy Cup". For 16 teams acting in the championship, representatives of 50 countries played. These are young priests, seminarists and students theologians. With an initiative of carrying out the championship of Vatican cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the second person in Catholicism world acted. In his opinion, many young Vatican seminarists from such countries as Brazil and Argentina, in free time from study with pleasure will play soccer.

5 . Club of martial arts of "Kempo", Kazan. Organization: Uechi-ryu karate - to. Classes are given at Tasm stadium, at schools and kindergartens of Novo-Savinovsky district of Kazan. Instructors: Artem Barabanov, Sergey Hitev, Elena Barabanova. Your correspondent trained four seasons at two of three listed instructors in karate section "Alpha". Occupations conducted the instructor Protestants, and trainings took place according to the following scheme: 1 . 45 minutes of occupation and final a quarter of hour – studying of the next chapter from the Bible.

6 . Father Nikolay from Zhitomir. He is engaged 19 years in aikido and, having received seven years ago a dignity, sports didn't leave, trains also children and adults. "In the Sacred Writing it is said that our body is a temple. And if encroach on a body, it should be protected therefore I and teach self-defense, - father Nikolay speaks. - Art of aikido teaches nonresistance, that softness always wins against force and the evil. And it is conformable with Orthodoxy canons.

7 . Oleg Senenko. In the settlement the Mountain Board, Sverdlovsk region, exists orthodox school of sports fencing at which children are trained by the local priest Father Oleg. The school was open in 2006 when Father Oleg, the priest of church in the Mountain Board, convinced that it is necessary to train not only soul, but also a body, opened in the settlement branch of school of the Olympic reserve at which are engaged both boys and girls.

8 . "Reformation", Abakan. The Russian football club was founded in 1993. The best achievement in superiority of Russia - the 11th place in the zone "East" of the second division in 1999. The pastor of church of Glorification Ruslan Belosevich was the president of team. The team began performances in 1993 in the second group of superiority of Khakassia and took the 9th place from 12 teams. In 1994 the team won first place and the next 4 seasons acted in the first group, and also in KFK zone "Siberia". In 2000 the team was removed from competitions after nine rounds.

9  .  "Seltik", Glasgow.  It is supported by Catholic part of Glasgow unlike the Reyndzhers club which is considered Protestant.  Opposition of two of these clubs is one of the oldest derbies in the world, besides with religious implication.  "Seltik's" emblem — a chetyryokhlistnyyklever, a happy symbol of Ireland which is represented in traditional green-white flowers, unambiguously pointing to an origin of the club founded by the Irish Catholic emigrants.

10 . Father Sergy (Pashkov), prior of the Sacred temple Bogoyavlenskogo of Kursk region. In Kursk region the prior of the temple headed section … judo. The prior of the Sacred temple Bogoyavlenskogo in the village Bulls three times a week after morning church service carries out trainings in Makarovk's neighboring village. "Father judoist" - makarovets call him. "My section of judo — it too church service" — speaks the priest. Young judoists know, when and how to welcome the unusual trainer: "The Christ revive! — Truly revive! " Pashkov started being engaged in judo at school, continued trainings in army, having deserved a rank "The master of sports of the USSR", but felt calling in other — arrived in a theological seminary.

Dzhaudat ABDULLIN

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