A survey conducted by the Russian Orthodox Statistics Service in July 2013 among people who refer to themselves as atheists showed an extremely low level of cultural development.
So, on the question where the temple is located, only 4% of respondents were able to answer correctly.
The text "Our Father" could remember only 19% of the total number of respondents.
None of the respondents were able to correctly answer the question of what is allowed to eat on Thursday of the 5th week of Lent.
What is Jordan, were able to answer 24%.
Only 2% of respondents were able to list the names of all the apostles.
The results of the survey on other issues were also very disappointing. Experts suggest that such a low level of knowledge is due to the fact that too few classes on the Basics of Orthodox Culture are held in schools, and in some schools they are not held at all. Likewise, the lack of basic knowledge about the culture of Russia experts associate with the growing campaign to discredit Orthodoxy, which is conducted presumably on the order of the US State Department.