Don’t Lie – to People and to Yourself!

The information blockade and constant escalation of anti-church hysteria in the media mask, in fact, quite an interesting picture: it can be compared with the way a dam built in a rough-and-ready manner is constantly eroding the basin land. What causes such a dreadful situation is unclear: either inefficiency of pseudo-engineers or a bad bargain with the material, the elements hasn’t been conquered and it still hits back – or a combination of all the factors.

The truth always, makes its way sooner or later. All that church reformers are pulling over on people cannot stand the test of time. While the newly formed units of church “patriots” are subjected to legal proceedings against the Orthodox communities, people silently "vote with their feet", shaking off anti-church psychosis and regaining common sense. After all, no matter how many lies your ears hear, your eyes see something that can’t be masked under a well -organized PR campaign or false slogans.

People are tired of judicial red tape and lie. Moreover, churches seized during the persecution of priests and believers, are difficult to maintain and look after. Noisy Filaret adherents, who before the attack on the UOC community never went church, continue to live as they used to. Neither the administrative resources nor encouragement from influential players keep people forever. Let’s see how it looks on the example of individual parishes?


Trying to imitate their dubious social significance, religious groups, aimed at anything but not pastorship, forget about the main thing. The point's not even in the commandment, which forbids lying. The point is in the lost common sense, which shows every time that the man always lies, above all, to himself. Finally, nobody cares that "the king is naked". This creates an awkward situation, especially for the "king" himself – figuratively because there is no king without a kingdom, but “kingdom" in this case is people: parishioners who develop and improve church life. Without them, the administrative resource with metropolitan media stars, as well as the patriotic church with pompous names and dioceses on paper will break under the first gust of wind, like a house of cards.

Read also

“Lice and scum”: Persecution of UOC as a mirror of Third Reich anti-Semitism

How does the hate-fueled rhetoric against UOC believers in modern Ukraine echo the tactics of Nazi anti-Semitic propaganda in the 20th century?

Blasphemy at the altar and beaten parishioners – the true face of the OCU?

In a Bukovyna village, a group of bandits beat the parishioners bloody, desecrated the altar, and took over the church for several hours. They were led by a man in a hood.

Where does the “father” get his canonicity from?

During the seizure of a church in Dubivtsi, a “priest” of the OCU was unable to explain to a common parishioner where his priestly grace came from. Why does this matter?

Will America let the Ukrainian Orthodox Church be silenced?

No sooner had political analyst Kost Bondarenko claimed that the President’s Office was rethinking its approach to the UOC, than a Cherkasy official publicly called for the city to be cleansed of UOC believers. What is going on?

Why so few monks in state-favored OCU, but more and more in persecuted UOC?

The OCU receives broad support from the authorities, yet monasticism in the structure is barely alive. Meanwhile, in the persecuted UOC, new monastic tonsures take place regularly. Why?

Govt's blasphemy at Lavra: Why are anatomists and vets studying holy relics?

The authorities have seized the Lavra Caves. Veterinarians, anatomists, and biologists will "study" the relics of the Venerable Fathers. Could the authorities have slapped in believers' faces any more openly?