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Lviv, Ukraine Destroys Church of St. Vladimir
CNS News ^ | APRIL 7, 2023 | MICHAEL W. CHAPMAN

Posted on 04/08/2023 9:12:37 AM PDT by Kazan

Andrey Sadovoy, the mayor of Lviv in western Ukraine, announced on April 6 that the two Ukrainian Orthodox Churches in his city were no more -- the Church of St. Vladimir was demolished by backhoe and the Church of St. George was made part of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, backed by the Zelensky government, reported RT, the website Orthodox Christianity, and The Kyiv Independent.

The Church of St. Vladimir was under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church, as was the Church of St. George. Under President Volodomyr Zelensky, some churches formerly attached to the Russian Orthodox Church have, in recent years, voted to join the recently formed Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU).

The OCU was established by the Ukrainian government in 2018-19 and is recognized by the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

For many churches that want to stay within the Russian Orthodox Church, however, Zelensky has ordered that they be shuttered. He claims that the churches are allied with Moscow and are manipulating "the spiritual life of our people."

Commenting on the situation, FNC's Tucker Carlson said, “Zelenskyy’s secret police have raided monasteries across Ukraine, and even a convent full of nuns, and arrested dozens of priests for no justifiable reasons whatsoever and in clear violation of the Ukrainian Constitution, which no longer matters. And in the face of this, the Biden administration has said nothing. Not one word. Instead, they continue to push to send Zelenskyy more tax dollars.”

In recent weeks, Zelensky has ordered the monks who inhabit Kiev Pechersk Lavra, "the holiest Orthodox monastery in the country, which dates back to the 11th century," to depart, reported RT and other media.

"Metropolitan Pavel, the UOC abbott of the monastery, was arrested last week and accused by the Ukrainian security services of inciting religious hatred and 'justifying and denying Russian military aggression,'" reported RT.

Russian officials are demanding that Metropolitan Pavel be released, stating his arrest is religious persecution.

“The Kiev regime stubbornly ratchets up its policy of moral terror against citizens and the faithful," said the Russian Foreign Ministry.

According to Orthodox Christianity, "[I]n the village of Novopoltavka in the Nikolaev Province, a wooden Orthodox church was set on fire," and "a few days ago, radicals even disrupted the funeral of a fallen soldier at the Cathedral of St. George in Lvov, evicting the faithful and seizing the church."

Also, on April 2, "about 500 anti-Orthodox activists stormed the cathedral [Holy Protection Cathedral in Khmnelnitsky] to physically seize it. The raiders later staged a fake vote to 'transfer' the church to the schismatic 'Orthodox Church of Ukraine,'" reported the Orthodox Christianity website.


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To: Kazan

Ein Reich! Ein volk!


21 posted on 04/08/2023 10:40:25 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: wardaddy

Ukes in WW2 never saw a Nazi they didn’t like. When I was there it was disgusting how much Nazi worship I saw. Child trafficking was way out of control too.


22 posted on 04/08/2023 11:11:03 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Kazan

The first step in bringing Lemberg and the surrounding provinces back into the Austro-Hungarian empire and the Catholic sphere.


23 posted on 04/08/2023 11:26:36 AM PDT by FarCenter
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To: Czech_Occidentalist
I have repeatedly asked what would have happened to a church in the UK connected to the Nazi leadership during World War II, but not one of those who support Russia in this war have answered this question.

Well probably no one has answered it because it's an obviously leading hypothetical based on things that didn't exist.

The King of England (with help from the parliament) already took over most of the churches in England as part of the English Reformation, beginning in 1529. As far as I can see the first Lutheran church organization in England was not founded until 1961.

So, the simple answer to your simple-minded question is that Zelensky is acting like a tyranical king, which Henry VIII is certainly considered. What's next from him? Maybe have his wife executed when he gets tired of her? (Has she produced a male heir for him?)

State control of the church is, therefore, an old English tradition, or history at this point.

Supporters of the Ukrainian regime keep talking about democracy, but taking over churches for any reason is anti-democratic.

Destroying a church with backhoes? Are you really trying to make some false moral equivalence or excuse that?

Somehow America managed to tolerate the existence of dozens of Russian Orthodox churches in America all throughout the Cold War. How about using that as an example that Zelensky and his orcs should adhere to?

One of the reasons for the original breakaway of the Eastern provinces is that they are Russian speaking and Orthodox. Their original desire was to have autonomous status within the larger Ukrainian state. For one thing they wanted to maintain their language and their religion.

The "church" that the Mayor here "gave" the second Orthodox church to was the OCU, which was established by the Ukrainian government in 2018-19

Here's my more likely hypothetical for you. How would an American State react (say Arizona) if a new government was elected, make Spanish the official language of the State, forbid teaching in English, and later confiscated all the Protestant churches in the State, demolishing some, and giving other to the new State-created "Protestant Church of Arizona" (PCA).

This is why many people who have heretofore supported the Zelensky regime are now starting to question that support.

24 posted on 04/08/2023 12:09:33 PM PDT by Vlad0 (Ukraine is the money laundering center for the Soros / WEF / Democratic elite. Ask Hunter! )
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To: Czech_Occidentalist

I sincerely doubt it would have been bulldozed.


25 posted on 04/08/2023 12:15:28 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Kazan

Where do the Conservative Christian Ukraine-supporting Freepers stand on this?


26 posted on 04/08/2023 2:34:01 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Vlad0

As far as I know, most restrictions against the Catholic Church in the UK were repealed in the late 18th and early 19th century. The restrictions against non-conformist (=non-Anglican) Protestants were often ignored even in the 18th century. So it is completely believable that in the 1930s there could have been a Protestant church with close ties to the German establishment.

As to your Cold War Russian Orthodox Church example, there are differences. The Cold War stayed cold. The Russian Orthodox Church in America was not dependent on the Russian Church at all. It acted as an autonomus body.You can read it here: https://www.oca.org/history-archives/orthodox-christians-na

It is also clear that the Orthodox Church in America opposes the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
https://www.oca.org/holy-synod/statements/his-beatitude-metropolitan-tikhon/statement-on-war-in-ukraine

https://www.oca.org/news/oca-news/metropolitan-tikhon-sends-letter-to-patriarch-kirill


27 posted on 04/08/2023 2:50:22 PM PDT by Czech_Occidentalist
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To: Mr. Blond

I think the Ukrainian authorities went too far in this. The churches should have been closed and the matter should have been resolved after the war.


28 posted on 04/08/2023 2:53:55 PM PDT by Czech_Occidentalist
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To: moovova

Well, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is subservient to the Russian Orthodox Church. The Russian Orthodox Church fully supports the Russian aggression against Ukraine. If the leaders of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate condemmed the Russian aggression and risked being removed from their positions, I would agree that their church should be left alone. However, they more or less collaborate with the enemy.

The (Russian) Orthodox Church in America, on the other hand, opposes the Russian attack on Ukraine.

https://www.oca.org/holy-synod/statements/his-beatitude-metropolitan-tikhon/statement-on-war-in-ukraine

https://www.oca.org/news/oca-news/metropolitan-tikhon-sends-letter-to-patriarch-kirill


29 posted on 04/08/2023 3:15:24 PM PDT by Czech_Occidentalist
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To: PGR88

Don’t count on that!


30 posted on 04/08/2023 3:50:08 PM PDT by Does so ( 🇺🇦...................."Who is Ray Epps?" should be overstamped on every piece of currency.)
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To: Does so

The (Russian) Orthodox Church in America, on the other hand, opposes the Russian attack on Ukraine.”

Think of Russian churches in Ukraine as equivalent to moveon.org and MAGA...


31 posted on 04/08/2023 3:54:06 PM PDT by Does so ( 🇺🇦...................."Who is Ray Epps?" should be overstamped on every piece of currency.)
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To: Czech_Occidentalist

“The (Russian) Orthodox Church in America, on the other hand, opposes the Russian attack on Ukraine.”

Think of Russian Orthodox churches in Ukraine as equivalent to moveon.org with MAGA...


32 posted on 04/08/2023 3:57:11 PM PDT by Does so ( 🇺🇦...................."Who is Ray Epps?" should be overstamped on every piece of currency.)
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To: Czech_Occidentalist; Pelham; nopardons

Right maiden never happened or is irrelevant

Just like Bakhmut will be

Not really important after all now that it’s lost

When Putin has a dacha on Dnieper you guys will claim victory cause he took too long

It will never end

The fantasy you guys live under

Putin is Stalin

Russia is still communist USSR

your opinions are based on old bias

I understand that I’m a southerner trust me I get it

But it doesn’t make you correct


33 posted on 04/08/2023 11:16:59 PM PDT by wardaddy (Truth is treason in the Empire of lies)
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To: Czech_Occidentalist

Catholic Churches weren’t destroyed in the US even though Rome was inside Axis.


34 posted on 04/08/2023 11:32:36 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Kazan

No worries

When western Ukraine goes rump status and polish “peacekeeping” forces are deployed in that formerly polish part of Ukraine they can all go back to being good Catholics anyhow
And given how the Uke Orthodox Church has treated Catholics and Jews when they could get away with it …ask me if I give a tinkers damn


35 posted on 04/08/2023 11:40:43 PM PDT by wardaddy (Truth is treason in the Empire of lies)
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To: tlozo

If that link unlike 99% of what you post is factual then yes it should be denounced as well


36 posted on 04/08/2023 11:43:14 PM PDT by wardaddy (Truth is treason in the Empire of lies)
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To: NorseViking

That’s actually a salient point lol


37 posted on 04/08/2023 11:44:11 PM PDT by wardaddy (Truth is treason in the Empire of lies)
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To: wardaddy

I best love these crocodile tears on how Russia is allegedly destroying the Ukrainian identify, even though you can get government services in three languages in Crimea and there are tons of Ukrainian monuments all around Russia.
Kiev at the same time wages full blown culture war on half of its population and not a word or outright apologism from the liberals.


38 posted on 04/09/2023 12:41:04 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking
I best love these crocodile tears on how Russia is allegedly destroying the Ukrainian identify, even though you can get government services in three languages in Crimea and there are tons of Ukrainian monuments all around Russia.

Right, and how many Ukrainian schools are left open in Crimea or the occupied territories? How many churches still belong to Kyiv in the occupied territories?

39 posted on 04/09/2023 7:04:04 AM PDT by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: tlozo

There is no “Kiev church”, regarding schools there is a choice to get education in Ukrainian, except few are choosing it, because without coercion nobody needs it.


40 posted on 04/09/2023 7:36:20 AM PDT by NorseViking
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