Metropolitan Yevlogiy: Yelensky's main goal is to destroy UOC
Metropolitan Yevlogiy of Sumy. Photo: Sumy Eparchy
Metropolitan Yevlogiy of Sumy and Akhtyrka stated that the primary goal of Viktor Yelensky, head of Ukraine's State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience (DESS), is to destroy the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by any means necessary.
The UOC hierarch was commenting on remarks made by the official during an episode of the DNA podcast hosted by priest Roman Makar.
"The main goal of this militant atheist and enemy of God, who fought against the Church and its faithful even during the Soviet era, is to destroy the UOC by any means necessary," the metropolitan wrote.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that Abbess Seraphima claimed Yelensky had ties to the KGB.
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