SBU serves notice of suspicion to church archpriest of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate
Ukraine’s SBU Security Service served a notice of suspicion
to archpriest of Shepetivka Diocese of Moscow Patriarchate church in
Khmelnytskyi Oblast, who supported Russia’s war against Ukraine and incited
religious hatred, SBU reported on April 22.
Reportedly, since beginning of the full-scale invasion, the cleric
has been holding liturgies in which he praised the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin
and blamed the Ukrainian authorities for starting the war.
In addition, according to the SBU, the archpriest spread fakes about
Russia’s war against Ukraine on Russian social network Vkontakte, called Russia’s
armed aggression a “civil conflict” and insulted parishioners of other
religious communities.
The cleric was notified of suspicion, he faces up to 5 years in
prison.
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