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Russia Tries to Erase Evangelical Churches From Occupied Ukraine
Wall Street Journal MSN ^
| 6/16/2024
| Matthew Luxmoore
Posted on 06/16/2024 11:00:06 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus
Putin does not want any competition against HIS Orthodox Church.
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posted on
06/16/2024 11:04:10 AM PDT
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Wuli
To: Wuli
Reverend Graham has mentioned this.
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posted on
06/16/2024 11:07:31 AM PDT
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rrrod
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To: Wuli
Putin does not want any competition against HIS Orthodox Church
Or his Muslim mosques.
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Next heâs going to reply to himself nonstop with copy paste spam all night.
To: aMorePerfectUnion
the religious crackdown recalls the darkest days of Soviet rule, when the regime of Joseph Stalin arrested hundreds of Christian priests, destroying their churches or recommissioning them as theaters, clubs and youth centers steeping children in the values of communism.
To: miliantnutcase
After his arrest by the Russians, the deacon of one Pentecostal church in Kherson region was found dead in a forest together with his 19-year-old son in the fall of 2022.
At least 30 Ukrainian clergymen of various faiths have been killed and 26 held captive by Russian forces since the start of the invasion
To: miliantnutcase; aMorePerfectUnion
Next heâs going to reply to himself nonstop with copy paste spam all night. It took him several days to get new guidance after the Ukrainian front line started collapsing.
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posted on
06/16/2024 11:14:32 AM PDT
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kiryandil
(FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
To: marcusmaximus
“Wall Street Journal MSN”
7% accuracy on these types of stories.
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posted on
06/16/2024 11:15:09 AM PDT
by
BobL
To: marcusmaximus
Why Do the Russians Trust the Church Set Up By the KGB? Feb 10, 2018 It was to a resounding silence that the news broke last December that today's Russian Church's organization was essentially formed under the watchful eye of the NKGB, a precursor to the KGB.
The 1945 Local Council that elected Patriarch Alexy I (Simansky) and adopted the church's current name was organized and conducted by the Soviet political police, documents recently declassified by the Ukrainian Security Service show.
The papers made public by the Ukrainian security agency showed that the crucial meetings of the Russian Orthodox Church and the patriarch selection process were police controlled. But the reaction on Russian social media was along the lines of "What's the big deal?" and "Haven't we heard about this before?"
KGB colonel Georgy Karpov, whose signature is on the letter instructing local KGB chiefs on how to select the delegates, was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner of Labor for organizing the 1945 council. He was known for extreme cruelty during the Great Purge. He is also part of the church's history: for seventeen years he headed the Council for the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Churchâwhich is to say he de facto governed the church in a way similar to that of the Ober-Procurator of the Most Holy Synod.
https://www.newsweek.com/why-do-russians-trust-church-set-kgb-802635
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posted on
06/16/2024 11:17:19 AM PDT
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tlozo
( Trump: "As everyone agrees, Ukraine Survival and Strength...is also important to us!" )
To: kiryandil
Serhiy, a member of a Baptist church in Melitopol, was detained by the Russians in early May. They asked him: âWhat God do you worship?â Each time he gave an answer they didnât like, they beat him. They tortured him for 20 days, breaking his leg and ribs with repeated blows and using a metal device that delivered electric shocks. The Russians tore up a Bible his wife delivered to Serhiyâs jail, but he continued reading it to other prisoners, who he said found solace in its words.
To: tlozo
Some evangelical churches continue operating after pledging fealty to the Russians. Others, like Brytsynâs church and parishes in the villages surrounding Melitopol, continue to meet in secret at followersâ houses, scrambling to hide their Bibles and their instruments as soon as they hear a dog bark or a gate creak open.
To: marcusmaximus
Which suppression is typically denied by ardent Putin supporters, who also argue that to be critical of Putin means you support the Left, which is irrational.
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posted on
06/16/2024 11:22:39 AM PDT
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daniel1212
(Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
To: daniel1212
Putinâs persecution of Evangelical Christians has been going on in Russia since he first took office.
To: marcusmaximus
Geez, minimus - it took you as long to get new guidance after the Ukrainian front line started folding up as it took the Russians to take Kiev...
Three days. Â Â
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posted on
06/16/2024 11:28:00 AM PDT
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kiryandil
(FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
To: marcusmaximus
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posted on
06/16/2024 11:36:10 AM PDT
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Romulus
To: marcusmaximus
Pentecostal “churches” don’t have deacons.
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posted on
06/16/2024 11:37:11 AM PDT
by
Romulus
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To: Wuli
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