ITreby Monastery with integrated shopping
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
The emergence of such an application, I was waiting at least a year. And, actually, wait. The idea of establishing such a service is clearly occurred to many people, but only Nizhniy Novgorod Pechersky Ascension men Monastery decided to implement the idea, releasing an iPhone app called "required in the church, the temple, and monastery".
application functionality, as you might guess from the name, is quite simple: two treb lists (for the health and for the peace) you choose need, read the description, what is this or that requires entering the name of someone to read the prayer, and the email address to which you will receive a message about what it takes performed. And, of course, pay the "service". The cost varies from 33 rubles (Note simple) to 4490 rubles (Eternal commemoration). The sum is deducted from the credit card tied to the account Apple ID.
Actually, this is all that is available in the appendix. Let us now discuss about the implementation. Says Archpriest temple, the application must help those who are in the power of certain circumstances can not go out to get yourself to the church, and it warns that if you use require for iOS instead of going to church, be sure to have questions on the Day court.
Well, on the one hand, and everything seems to be good: those who really can not attend church because of illness, people of faith who have been away from the church - the app may help. On the other hand, no matter how pragmatic it is, the user is prompted to transfer the money to the temple, positioning it as a charitable offering. And the last is precisely the questions arise. If I do not get them mixed up, then the charity is voluntary and gratuitous transfer of financial and / or material resources in favor of those who need it. Voluntary contribution to absolutely any donation amount in the application is also available. In addition, the payment required, apparently, is not considered a built-buying, because of the additional expenditure for the application are not reported here. Does this mean that the payment does not go through the App Store application store system and it is not deducted the percentage in favor of Apple?
If no official comment Vsevolod Caves, found a similar application, I have only page descriptions thought that this is another "scam" (for in requiring for the health appear memorial service, funeral and lithium). While on the "divorce" in the money yet, questions remain: is it possible to check the "fulfillment of obligations" for who made a "donation" (in the App Store comments on a page, some write that the app "is not working")? Why is the minimum price (33 rubles) pegged to the dollar at the candles cost 7 rubles? And finally, do not attempt to cash in on whether it is honest believers who have some-Apple's device?
And you, dear readers, think about it? Share your opinion in the comments!