Thousands of Orthodox believers from the canon church in Ukraine meet regular in front of the Pecherska Lavra in Kiev – from which their administration of president Zelenski disbanded – to participate together in the Divine Liturgy under the open sky.
For the less-orientated, I remind you that a fewer days ago, the Ukrainian government ordered to leave the Orthodox Pecherska Lavra – 1 of the most crucial spiritual centers of Orthodox Russia – by the end of March. This is another step on the part of the administration of the current president, who, under the pretext of "fighting Russian influence" and alleged concern for "independence of the state" continues the persecution of Orthodox Christians in Ukraine started a fewer years ago.
The persecution of the faithful Ukrainian Orthodox Church did not begin at the time of the beginning of the state of emergency that prevailed throughout the country on February 24 of last year in connection with the invasion of troops of the Russian Federation. For years, with the silent consent of Kiev schismatica from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, along with any Greek Catholics and various ointments of chauvinists regularly expropriate and destruct temples, persecuting Orthodox faithful and clergy.
Over the last year, persecution has taken on unprecedented pace, and due to the propaganda of the era of war, the government of Ukraine is now moving towards criminal acts against the canonical church. At the same time, the Kiev authorities incite among Ukrainians hatred of their own people, which effectively divides society and creates dual standards in the form of "good" and "bad" citizens.
Meanwhile, in Poland, further, like in the woods. It is not adequate that all day the persecution of Christians over our east border is simply silent, but if individual speaks in this case there are specified absurdities that, as in the case of the execution of Daria Dugina, the Polish-language media – following the seemingly old Testament rule "eye for eye, tooth for tooth" – justify panic and killings against people "worse" according to their category...
Patrick Chruślak
