Posted on 03/28/2022 6:55:35 PM PDT by marshmallow
Two separate bills aimed at the dissolution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church were submitted to and registered by the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament, over the past week.
Similar bills have been submitted to the Rada for years now, though they have so far proved unsuccessful.
Since the fratricidal war began last month, different reactions to the canonical Ukrainian Church, an autonomous body within the Moscow Patriarchate, have been seen. Some, including certain government officials and bodies, have called for all Ukrainians to unite, decrying the attacks and fake accusations against the Church, while others have only ramped up the attacks, despite the Church’s strong stance against the war.
The number of violent church seizures has markedly increased since last month, including 6 churches in the Vinnitsa Diocese alone.
And on March 22, Bill No. 7204, “On the Prohibition of the Moscow Patriarchate on the territory of Ukraine” was submitted, as published on the official Rada website.
The bill was authored by Oksana Savchuk, a deputy of the nationalist Svoboda (Freedom) Party from the western Ivano-Frankivsk Province.
Another Svoboda representative Oleg Veres commented on the bill on his Facebook page, noting that the purpose is to completely ban the Moscow Patriarchate and all organizations associated with it. He also calls to nationalize all UOC property, and to give all parishes, monasteries, and educational institutions two weeks to change their jurisdictional affiliation.
“Svoboda has repeatedly proposed such bills since 2005. They were stubbornly ignored. I hope that now, given the situation, the bill will be adopted. This is a matter of our national security,” Veres added.
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Just perfect. The Catholic/Orthodox heritage rift played a major role in two world wars. Now a reason to start another one.
But Ukraine is the paragon of “democracy” and “western values,” or so say the rattle-traps...just one which stomps out Christianity and political parties it doesn’t like.
A “democracy” with a president installed by George Soros and Klaus Schwab....who Pelosi, McConnell and CNN loves.
Fatass Swamp Toad Brett Baier loves him too, as do all Fix news election criminals.
This is the $***hole that they impeached Trump over, to cover their crimes. The country where the Romneys, Clintons and Bidens get paid the big bucks.
The country that *Bolsheviks* created.out of whole cloth.
Here’s hoping Ukraine BURNS or is made into a skdmark in the underwear of history. That’d be great.
Hopefully the phoney Ukraine sentimentalists here on FR can choke watching it all.
Go choke....seriously. I mean that.
“Lighten up, Francis.”
This is a question of governance.
There are two Orthodox churches in Ukraine, one governed out of Kiev, and the other governed out of Moscow.
The situation is delicate, as one can imagine, as Orthodox churches in these places were never independent of the government. Certainly not independent of the Tsars, and the Moscow one isn’t independent of Putin.
This isn’t a Catholic-Orthodox rift but an Orthodox-Orthodox rift. And one not based on dogma but on governance. Who calls the shots, Kiev or Moscow?
Let’s see if something gets passed this explains why Russia is targeting churches and schools though
A priest in Smila Ukraine under the Moscow Pat has been arrested and not heard from.
https://web.telegram.org/z/progressive/msg-1101806611-37474:5337247406520015634
The Nazis are doing what the Nazis do....
This is an Orthodox-Orthodox fight between the “Ukrainian Orthodox Church,” in full communion with Moscow, and the “Orthodox Church of Ukraine,” in full communion with Constantinople. Each calls the other side “schismatic”.
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