Director of Orthodox school writes open letter to "investigator"

Yana Korniychuk. Photo: Korniychuk's Facebook

Anna Bolhova, director of the parent club "Perspektyva" operating at the Holosiiv Monastery, sent an open letter to the UOJ editorial office addressed to journalist Yana Korniychuk, whose manipulative material became the cause for large-scale harassment of teachers, parents and students of the club. Also based on the story materials, the SBU and Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case.

We publish the letter in full, without edits or cuts.

"Glory to God for everything. I will call you Anna, because that is most likely your baptismal name. I thank you, truly. Maybe you don't understand this right now, but this situation is from God. It needs to be lived through with the heart.

When they sent me the video, I couldn't watch it. I was afraid. But not because I said something criminal, no. I live openly, before God, and everything I say, I confess with my life. It hurt me because I opened my heart to you – I always open it to people. I just don't know how to do it differently anymore. But behind me were children's hearts too. And you struck at all of us. You struck with lies. With meanness.

Many cried. And yes, you truly did frighten us at first. The hatred that rose up in the comments, the demands to kill us, to have us taken away, to strip parents of their rights, the curses…

I was very scared for the children and parents and for some reason deleted our Telegram groups. I regret it very much. There was a chronicle of our life there. There was light and joy there. We lived like a family – I told you about this. And I know for sure that our bright impulse touched you. I read it in your eyes, Annushka.

I know there was a struggle in you. But unfortunately, you didn't listen to your heart. And now you probably have thirty pieces of silver from the foreign company you work for. You have fame, you are a successful journalist. Your investigation about moms with children thundered around the world.

But I also know, Annushka, that this didn't bring you joy. And understand - I'm not gloating. Not only I, other mothers are also praying for you. We will live through all this pain with God and grow. All this will later become our victory.

And it's very important for you to understand that there is the Lord. And He is great and beautiful. And He creates His, God's beauty in human hearts. And this beauty is born in pain, because love is like that: it endures all things, believes all things and never ceases.

And all this pain that you brought us was from the Lord and – for you. We need to accept this blow and give birth to prayer instead of hatred and resentment. And then we will help the birth of a supernova. A star is always born when a human heart opens to God.

I'm not angry with you, dear sister. Live in peace."

Earlier, the UOJ wrote that in the "Slidstvo.Info" story about the parent club, Yana Korniychuk claimed that they sang the Russian anthem there and "glorified the Russian God".

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