Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, congratulated the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on his “occupational holiday” and said that at the moment in his country, April 1 is celebrated with the persecution of the Orthodox.
According to the diplomat, previously in Ukraine the April Fools’ Day was celebrated with “Odessa humor”, now it is celebrated with the arrest of representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the persecution of believers.
“Zelensky is on a professional vacation,” said Zakharova. fastIt was broadcast on the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Earlier it was known that Metropolitan Pavel. parole Suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: “incitement of inter-religious hatred” and “justify armed aggression of the Russian Federation”.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church noted that this was due to the Metropolitan’s statements regarding the separatist Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Patriarchate of Constantinople, and his reluctance to leave the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.