Posted on 03/07/2022 6:18:37 PM PST by marshmallow
The local priest believes it was done by someone expressing anger over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) — A Russian Orthodox church in Calgary, Alberta, has been vandalized with red paint in what could be a vindictive act over Russia’s war against Ukraine.
CTV news reported that the incident took place shortly after a Saturday evening service at All-Saints Russian Orthodox Church.
CCTV captured the moment a man climbed over the fence to get onto church grounds, and after unsuccessfully attempting to open the church’s locked front door, dumped red paint on it and on the steps in front.
Fr. Dmitry Grygoryev, the parish priest of the vandalized church, told CTV News he believes it was done by someone expressing anger over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“I feel very sorry for this guy,” said Grygoryev. “I kind of understand his motivation. He probably feels pain of all the situation, the political situation, that is happening in Ukraine right now and was probably just trying to express his emotions.”
“But, again, church is outside of politics,” he added.
The priest told CTV News that about 30% of the members at All-Saints church are Ukrainian and that he himself was “born and raised in Ukraine before going to school in Russia.”
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We have reached a level of stupidity that utterly boggles the mind.
Barring a breed from competition, vandalizing churches just because they have “Russian” in their name? Some folks are too stupid for normal people to comprehend
So, when does an idiot decide to bom Moscow, Idaho?
No suprise given the anti Russian hatred whipped up by a complicit media. And afterwards they will do the analysis of “how could we”. The media are mongrels
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