Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reacted to a US State Department spokesperson’s statement that they “knew nothing” about attacks on the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). inside that telegraph channel Zakharova noted that in Zapadne they “did not see, did not hear, did not notice” all this.
“Even if you have a stake in your head, they will not see, hear, or notice. I agree, you should still be able to. Wait for months, keeping the freshness of surprise: “The capture of Lavra? Where? Persecution of the UOC? What are you saying? Violation of human rights and religious freedoms in Ukraine? To be honest, they did not hear, ”wrote the diplomat.
Earlier, it was reported that the parishioners of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. signed A call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and deputies of the Verkhovna Rada with a demand to stop the persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). Believers asked Zelensky and Rada not to violate their rights.
Prior to this, it was reported that in Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitsky district of Ukraine, there were, according to preliminary data, representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (OCU). caught UOC shrine in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.