OCU “metropolitan” does not believe Crimea will become Ukrainian
Kliment Kushch admitted in an interview that he does not believe in a Ukrainian Crimea. Photo: screenshot / youtube.com / DetectorUA
Kliment Kushch, the OCU’s Crimean “metropolitan,” has expressed doubt that Crimea will ever become Ukrainian again. The “hierarch” made the statement in an interview with DetectorUA.
He said that his practical attitude toward Crimea is simple: “to preserve the church and to pray in my church. That is all.”
“I do not believe in a Ukrainian Crimea, much as it pains me to say it,” the “metropolitan” admitted. “I do not know – perhaps someone someday will live to see it – but I do not believe in this mantra that Crimea will one day return. From what I see, I have very great doubts about all of this.”
He added that while people may want certain things, the real question is: “but is this pleasing to God?”
“The trials that God gives us, even the most terrible ones, may in fact be more beneficial than the things we would want for ourselves. Therefore, everything God gives is for a person’s good. And the situation in which we have found ourselves – God has allowed it,” the “hierarch” concluded.
As the UOJ previously reported, the head of the OCU’s Crimean diocese, Kliment Kushch, explained why he holds a Russian passport.
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