Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of office to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) needed to be “physically cleansed” “like everything pro-Russian”. that quote DEA News.
According to the adviser to the head of the Ukrainian leader’s office, “in the first three to six months” after the start of the special military operation of the Russian Federation, there was a unique chance that “in general everything” could happen. resolved very quickly and painlessly.
“At that time it was possible to physically clean up many pro-Russians, today it is a little more difficult. But still, “a little harder” doesn’t mean “impossible”. “We have to go down this road quite hard, legally motivated today,” Podolyak said.
He stressed that there should be a single Ukrainian canonical church in his country.
Podolyak also compared UOC to an abscess that needed to be “surgically closed”. He also accused the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of escalating tensions and not wanting to engage in dialogue.
formerly Zelensky judicial Ukraine is the region with the greatest religious freedom in part of Europe.
He noted that the country has taken a step towards strengthening the spiritual independence of the state, protecting against “Moscow’s religious manipulation.”
On March 10, the directorate of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra reserve announced the termination of the indefinite lease of the UOC from the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and decided that the monks should leave the monastery before March 29.
In turn, Metropolitan Pavel, the abbot of one of the first monasteries in Russia and the oldest monastery on the territory of modern Ukraine, called these actions illegal and announced that the brothers refused to leave the monastery.