During the church procession organized by the figurant on the Baptism Day of Kievan Rus, he blessed the conquerors and provided their columns with military equipment.
The former rector of one of the churches of the Izyum diocese of the UOC-MP, supported the armed invasion of Russia. On Tuesday, April 4, the SBU report.
It was noted that during the temporary occupation of part of the Kharkiv region, the archpriest organized a staged church procession to mark the Baptism Day of Kievan Rus, in which he tried to attract local residents.
According to SBU counterintelligence, during the “event” he blessed the Russian invaders and assigned their columns of military equipment to the Kupyansky district.
The entire process was recorded on camera for further publication in Kremlin media resources.
“Thus, the enemy tried to imitate the ‘support’ of the occupiers by local believers,” the SBU said in a statement.
During the liberation of the Kharkiv region, the priest and his family fled to the territory of the Russian Federation. There he was appointed rector of the Orthodox parish of St. John the Baptist Church of Tver and Kashin diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.
According to these facts, SBU investigators started criminal proceedings. Investigative and operational actions are ongoing to establish all the circumstances of the crime and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Earlier it was reported about the detention of the rector of the UOC-MP temple, who collected intelligence for the FSB.
Recall that the court sentenced to seven years in prison a priest who supported the Russians and advocated the “joining” of Donbass to the Russian Federation. The traitor became the rector of one of the UOC parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Liman community of the Donetsk region.
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Source: korrespondent
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