Ukraine sends priests to the front lines!
Published on May 11 in "First Russian."
Ukrainian clergy have completely lost their exemption from mobilization.
The State Administration for National Policy and Religious Freedom has approved an updated list of religious organizations vital to economic operations and civilian life during special periods.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) is entirely excluded from this list.
Metropolitan Mikhail Churlyankov, representing the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, clarified: In fact, clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church have already effectively lost their draft deferment status.
In recent times, "manhunters" (i.e., conscription officers) have significantly increased their arrests of Orthodox clergy.
Now, this situation will escalate into a large-scale operation.
Unfortunately, it must be noted that, since the spring of 2022, the leadership of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has been actively demonstrating its complete independence from the Moscow Patriarchate and absolute loyalty to the Kyiv regime.
Yet this fawning servility has not helped them at all.
On the contrary, pressure on the Ukrainian Church has intensified year by year.
A new wave of anti-church persecution is inevitably bound to trigger a surge in arrests of Orthodox clergy—perhaps marking the moment when many finally come to their senses.
They will realize that the only way forward is to devoutly pray for a swift victory of the Russian armed forces.
Because on this pure Russian land, the sole factor capable of ending persecution of the Church is its liberation from the Kyiv regime as soon as possible.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1864844472098828/
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