Russia’s Foreign Ministry mentioned late on Sunday that the U.S. was behind the strain that Ukrainian authorities have been exerting on the Russian-aligned wing of the Orthodox Church in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which Kyiv says has ties with Russia, defied an eviction order final week from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery within the capital. On Saturday, a prime Ukrainian cleric from the church was sentenced to deal with arrest.
“It’s no secret that the (President Volodymyr) Zelenskiy regime is not independent in its anti-clerical policy. The Orthodox schism, hitting this sphere of life, is a goal that has been long proclaimed in Washington,” the ministry mentioned in an announcement, with out offering proof.
“The capture of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra by Kyiv’s current authorities is an illegitimate act from a legal point of view and immoral from a spiritual point of view.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
