Political expert: Declaring January 7 as Programmer’s Day resembles mockery
Volodymyr Zelensky. Photo: "Business Online"
The decision by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to declare January 7 Programmer’s Day was perceived as mockery of Orthodox believers. This was stated by political analyst Kostiantyn Bondarenko during a live broadcast on the channel of journalist and blogger Oleksandr Shelest.
“Today Zelensky designated January 7 as Programmer’s Day. Do you understand? This too has been perceived as desecration, as mockery. Zelensky is demonstrating that he has no intention whatsoever of making any compromises with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church or with canonical Orthodoxy,” Bondarenko noted.
The political analyst also drew attention to the president’s Christmas address, which, he said, lacked Christian symbolism.
“I want to say this right away – it is very important to note. Not a single Christian Orthodox cross, sign, symbol, icon – in short, nothing at all. Against the background of a table with candles, somewhere there is some greenery, some little lanterns,” the expert emphasized.
Bondarenko also commented on Zelensky’s words expressing wishes for the death of an unnamed individual, which many interpreted as a hint at Vladimir Putin.
“No Christian church, no branch of Christianity recognizes any prayers that are directed toward taking someone’s life. Praying to God to take someone’s life is outside the Christian canon. It is not Orthodox, not Catholic, and beyond the bounds of Protestant ethics,” the political analyst stated.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that Zelensky had declared January 7 Programmer’s Day.
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