Russian passport of OCU "metropolitan" in Crimea published on the Net

Clement Kushch and Epiphany Dumenko. Photo: pomisna.info

In response to the decision of the head of the OCU Epiphany Dumenko to make “Archbishop” Clement of Simferopol and Crimea “metropolitan”, photos of the “hierarch's” Russian passport were published on the Web.

“Vladyka Clement led the OCU eparchy in Crimea in such a way that nothing was left of it,” says the message of the pro-Filaret Facebook-community “For the Ukrainian Church”, which published the photos. - <...> Clement (Pavel Kushch) was one of the first on the Crimean peninsula to run and take the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation from the hands of the occupation authorities. However, he did not refuse the passport of Ukraine. Clement became a citizen of Putin's Russia on June 6, 2014, at the height of Putin's aggression. In the forefront.”

Supporters of the UOC-KP also recalled a certain "laissez-passer" that allowed Kushch to move throughout Russia, stressing that "such freedom in Putin's totalitarian country is hard to imagine without the FSB's sanction."

“OCU-SCU is that political, quasi-religious structure where many things are intertwined: political ambitions, money, lies, betrayal, the interests of Russia, Istanbul, but the main thing is lacking – faith and spirituality,” resumed the pro-Filaret resource.

Earlier, "hierarch" Clement Kushch said that the problem of the OCU existence in Crimea is "under the personal control" of US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
 

Read also

Ukraine’s ombudsman expresses concern over defending Constantinople Patriarchate

Lubinets said Russia’s accusations against Patriarch Bartholomew are unfounded.

Head of schismatic “Church of Montenegro” files an appeal to Phanar

The head of the “Church of Montenegro” has addressed the Ecumenical Patriarch, asking for a review of his canonical case.

OCU “metropolitan”: It's a disgrace that Ukrainian people are fighting TRC

Mykhailo Zinkevych said Ukraine’s future is a “militarized state – and there is no other way.”

Romania’s Church tops public trust rankings – poll

According to a sociological survey, more than 63% of Romanian citizens reported a high level of trust in the country’s Orthodox Church.

UOC Social Department delivers gifts to girls at children’s home in Kyiv

Staff of the UOC Social Department visited the Darnytsia children’s residential home and delivered gifts to the girls and the staff.

Zinkevych: UOC reps should be – if not eliminated – then sent for exchange

The OCU “metropolitan” said that so-called “waiters” are “walking around in cassocks” and must be “identified.”