Who is joking about the "eaten" Zelensky
Archpriest Vladimir Mandzyuk had his face doused with green antiseptic dye, and the words "Death to occupants" were written on his car.
In recent days, photos of a UOC priest doused with green antiseptic dye have been spreading on social media, accompanied by the following mocking text: "In the city of Stryi, priests of the MP, in front of parishioners, ate Zelensky and left traces of this atrocity. I've lived fifty-three years and never seen anything like it."
First, let us explain what is depicted in the photos. In May 2022, radicals tracked down a UOC community in Stryi and broke into its "home" worship service. Archpriest Vladimir Mandzyuk had his face doused with green antiseptic dye, and the words "Death to occupants" were written on his car.
We do not know the fate of this parish. But it was almost certainly closed, as were others in the Lviv region. Today, UOC believers gather there for worship services under the strictest secrecy. And these are not empty precautions. If discovered, large-scale harassment, persecution, and intimidation campaigns begin immediately.
All of this is strongly reminiscent of the early stages of the Holocaust in Germany: the same defamation in the media, bans imposed by the authorities, and widespread, pervasive hatred in society. There is no doubt: if it were permitted, UOC believers in Galicia would be treated the same way Jews were treated in Germany in the 1930s–1940s.
What is particularly striking here is that the author of the mocking text about the "eaten Zelensky," Alexei Bomko, is the rabbi of the Jewish community in Chernivtsi.
Historical memory is short.
