OCU 'priest' accuses UOC parishioners of mental disorders

Roman Hryshchuk claims that UOC parishioners have serious mental disorders. Photo: Hryshchuk's Facebook

Roman Hryshchuk, a cleric of the OCU, who recently presented a certificate confirming his mental health, wrote on his Facebook page that Ukrainians belonging to the UOC suffer from a complex array of serious mental disorders. He expressed outrage that "half of the heroes of Bukovyna are still being commemorated by Moscow priests."

"Twice killed: that’s what they call warriors who have been both killed and commemorated by Moscow’s servants. Twice killed because those who killed them are the same ones commemorating them!" Hryshchuk declared.

He believes that Ukrainians who attend UOC churches suffer from "a wild mix of complexes and mental disorders."

"This is Stockholm syndrome multiplied by an inferiority complex with a suicidal mania!" the OCU cleric diagnosed. "Not a single Russian mother would want her son, killed in Ukraine, to be commemorated in Ukrainian by priests subordinate to Kyiv!" Hryshchuk asserted.

The cleric’s post sparked a sharp reaction from readers.

"But what, do you have Moscow priests in Bukovyna? In Ukraine, there’s only the UOC, where prayers are offered for peace and stability in our country, for our defenders, for our beloved Ukraine, and for us," commented Nadia Karashchuk.

"Lies! Lies multiplied by more lies. There is no Moscow church in Ukraine; the Moscow church is in Moscow. In Ukraine, there is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, an independent and autonomous full-fledged part of Christ's Church. And another thing: earlier, the OCU sect accused the UOC of allegedly refusing to commemorate and bury fallen Ukrainian soldiers. Now they accuse the UOC of the opposite – commemorating and burying the fallen," noted Vasyl Sikora.

However, some readers supported Hryshchuk. Anna Tkachuk expressed indignation that Ukrainian soldiers returning home attend UOC services: "What can we even say, when half of Bukovyna’s warriors, having gone through the hell of war, come home on leave and go to the Moscow church."

"Unfortunately, even in Volyn, Moscow priests are commemorating the dead, especially in Polissia... The consciences of those enslaved by Moscow are asleep," lamented Olya Klytsuk.

It will be recalled that Hryshchuk previously accused the UOC of causing Ukraine to lose a settlement every day. Later, he declared that he was mentally healthy and showed a certificate to prove it.

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