Chancellor: Bishop of Tulchyn’s sentence proves the persecution of the UOC

Metropolitan Anthony. Photo: Metropolitan's Facebook

Metropolitan Anthony, Chancellor of the UOC, commented on Facebook on the verdict of Bishop Jonathan of Tulchyn.

He stated that the court's decision to sentence the bishop to 5 years in prison is a trial, the very course of which "has once again demonstrated that real religious persecution has been declared against the hierarchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.”

According to the metropolitan, the court's decisions are "politically motivated" and "far from the real legal plane."

“Nevertheless, we should not fall into despair, we must accept each event of such kind as a test sent to us from the Lord,” wrote the hierarch “We pray that the Lord will strengthen Bishop Jonathan and all believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church who are now being unfairly persecuted.”

At the same time, the Chancellor of the UOC noted that on August 7, an event took place that consoled all believers. “Despite certain counteraction, we managed to release Metropolitan Pavel of Vyshhorod and Chornobyl on bail collected by believers,” the UOC Chancellor noted.

Earlier, the UOJ wrote that Metropolitan Jonathan was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

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