State Duma deputy Oleg Morozov compared the arrest of Metropolitan Pavel, rector of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, with the execution of Christ.
“He (Metropolitan Pavel. – socialbites.ca) is Christianity incarnated! His current defeat in the struggle for truth is like the execution of Christ Zelensky – this is Herod, Judas, Caiaphas and Pilate in one, ”wrote the parliamentarian telegraph channel.
Morozov emphasized that Metropolitan Pavel’s belonging to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is a secondary story, and his arrest is a transcendental event, since his religious mission is primary.
“Martyr for the sake of faith!” Added MP.
on the eve of the Kyiv court appointed Metropolitan Pavel, a restraining order in the form of house arrest for two months. He was also banned from communicating with believers, according to some media reports.
Metropolitan Pavel judicial He was placed under house arrest “by political order”. He noted that at the address ordered by the court to serve his sentence, there was no heat, no light, no communication, “no mug, no spoon”.