UOC cleric: New churches built almost everywhere where there were seizures
Archpriest Victor Zemlianoy. Photo: facebook.com/MitropolitAntoniy
Almost everywhere where schismatics seized churches of the UOC, new ones have already been built, said Archpriest Viktor Zemlianoy, head of the Department for Interfaith Settlement of the Rivne Eparchy of the UOC, during the prayer standing in Kiev on August 21, 2021. A fragment of the speech was published by the "1Kozak" channel.
The clergyman noted that nothing will force the Phanar head to repent for the split committed, but the bitter tears of thousands of people who are crying all over Ukraine today at the seized churches “will not pass in vain because God is the protector of all these people”.
“Where bitter tears are being shed today – we have tears of joy at those churches in the Rivne Eparchy, Polessye, nearby in Volyn, in Ternopil, thank God. Thanks to our kind people, kind hearts, we have already rebuilt almost all the churches where our shrines were seized.
Our communities have not disintegrated, the priests have not betrayed, the believers remain faithful to Christ, our Mother Church, and our Primate,” Archpriest Viktor Zemlianoy emphasized.
Also, the UOJ cleric of the Rivne Eparchy said that the Church Slavonic language is the heritage and wealth of the Ukrainian people.
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