Illness or demonic possession?
Kniazhytskyi. Photo: Kniazhytskyi’s Facebook
Haters of the UOC continue their hysteria over the growing UOC's Diaspora in Europe. While they gloat over the church seizures in Ukraine, they are infuriated that such things cannot happen abroad. Following in the footsteps of Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk (UGCC) and OCU cleric Yevstratii Zoria, Kniazhytskyi has now joined the chorus of attacks on the UOC's Diaspora.
As usual, he labeled UOC clergy as "Moscow priests" and accused them of "enemy propaganda" – without providing a single example.
But this time, Kniazhytskyi took it a step further. Previously, accusations of working for Moscow were directed only at priests, but now even parishioners are being cast as "enemies of the people."
Kniazhytskyi essentially claimed that UOC's female believers abroad are spies because their husbands serve in the military, meaning they "may possess sensitive information." As a result, he called on the authorities to check them.
In another statement, the MP expressed outrage that UOC believers sing Christmas carols and organize nativity plays. According to him, they don’t do this out of love for Ukraine, but rather "to disguise themselves as loyal Ukrainians."
Such words are truly alarming. What could be more patriotic than a husband defending his homeland on the front lines while his wife and children, having fled the war, promote their native culture abroad? Yet, Kniazhytskyi essentially denies them the right to be considered Ukrainians – simply because they belong to the UOC.
A husband in the AFU? That makes the wife a spy. Singing Christmas carols? Come on, they are just pretending.
At the same time, he complains about the lack of efforts to bring Ukrainians back home. But why would they return? To 'enjoy' the company of the people like Kniazhytskyi?
Does he not realize that such rhetoric completely destroys any desire to return – even if it once existed? It divides people and fuels hatred against them simply for belonging to the "wrong" confession.
If Kniazhytskyi and company are doing this intentionally, they are criminals, because they are actively working to destroy Ukraine from within. If they are doing it unintentionally, then these people are simply sick – either mentally or spiritually.
Christians have one word for the latter: “demonic possession.”
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