President, Church and the 'Ministry of Disunification"
Volodymyr Zelensky. Photo: Bigmir
The plan contains many expressive theses, but we would like to focus on two:
• The intention to create the "Ministry of Ukrainians’ Unification";
• The statement that the UOC (Ukrainian Orthodox Church) is a "Moscow Church" and that its time has ended.
At first glance, these theses may seem unrelated, but they are not.
We don't know whether the creation of yet another ministry will help unite Ukrainians, but there is no doubt that our country desperately needs such unity. Therefore, the President's efforts in this direction can only be welcomed.
But how can one simultaneously proclaim a large part of these "unified" Ukrainians as (once again) accomplices of terrorists and enemies of the people?
After all, representatives of the authorities have repeatedly stated that the UOC counts 5-6 million believers. As of today, that is a quarter of Ukraine's population.
How can one, with the left hand, "unite" Ukrainians, and with the right hand, divide them into categories? What kind of "unity" can this be? Basic logic suggests that this is nothing more than disunion, which is murderous in a time of war. In other words, by declaring one thing, the government is effectively producing the exact opposite.
How can one not recall George Orwell's famous novel “1984’, where there are:
• The Ministry of Truth, responsible for disinformation;
• The Ministry of Peace, responsible for conducting military operations;
• The Ministry of Love, responsible for identifying and eliminating people disloyal to the regime, and so on.
The thing is, Orwell wrote a cautionary novel, aimed against any forms of totalitarianism, whereas Ukraine is a democratic rule-of-law state. And we can’t have anything in common with Orwell's world.
Or can we?
Read also
On Zelensky’s accusations that Russian Intelligence is in control of UOC
One gets the impression that Zelensky views the UOC not as a religious denomination entitled to constitutional protection, but as an adversarial body to be fought by any and all means.
The collapse of the “Moscow priest and boy in bed” story
The smear campaign against the UOC is being carried out on a large and well-coordinated scale by the SBU, the media, and the OCU.
Not to become a Judas
These days, it has become fashionable to “understand and forgive” Judas – to search for some noble motive behind his betrayal.
About the missile strike on Sumy
We sincerely hope that Patriarch Kirill will condemn the war in which "his flock" is suffering.
On the seizure in Verkhni Stanivtsi
Everyone who is being mocked today by the united pack of hryshchuks, officials, and policemen will not forget this quickly.
On a priest who voluntarily joined the OCU
According to official narratives, over 1,500 parishes have voluntarily joined the OCU. Yet for some reason, Dumenko is promoting a meeting with a priest from a tiny village in Zhytomyr Oblast.