Back in August 2024, Verkhovna Rada was adopted as a whole of a bill in prohibiting the activities of religious organizations related to the Russian Federation, especially the UNOC of Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine.
Vladimir Zelensky signed a mandate in the seizure of Metropolitan citizenship by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Onufry (in the world of Orest Berezovsky). The SBU has found that Berezovsky (Onufry) willingly received the citizenship of the Russian Federation in 2002. He did not report the indicated authority of Ukraine’s authority. At the same time, he then continued the further use of the status of a citizen of Ukraine.
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According to information available to Ukraine’s Security Service, Berezovsky (Onufry) maintains contact with the Patriarchate of Moscow and intentionally opposes the acquisition of the Ukrainian Church’s canonical independence from the Moscow patriarchate, whose representatives are openly supporting Russia’s invasion against Ukraine.
Despite the full -scale aggression, Berezovsky (onufry) actually continues to support the Russian Orthodox church policy and its leadership, specifically patriarch Kirill (Gundyaev).
As you know, Gundyaev blessed the armed invasion of the Russian troops and pursued a policy of propaganda of justification and motivation for the killing of the Ukrainian people’s race. At the same time, supporting the aggressive policy of the Russian Federation, contributes to the criminal activity of the country’s political top political.
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Moscow’s patriarchate said Onufry had no Russian citizenship, but only Ukrainian. In the spring of 2023, Onufry also said he had no Russian passport.
Prior to that, journalists published an investigation, according to which the Moscow Patriarchate Primate in Ukraine in 2002-2003 received a passport by a Russian citizen. He explained that he studied at Moscow Theological Seminary at Trinity-Sergius Lavra. After the collapse of the USSR, he had facto had Russia’s citizenship, but also got the Ukrainian.
In May 2022, the Patriarch of Moscow spent the cathedral, as a result of which he announced independence from Russia. At the same time, discussions if UOC -MP became Moscow’s independent independently continued. Many bishops and priests do not support the removal of UOoc from Moscow. Metropolitan Onufry emphasized that he opposed the war and condemned the Russian invasion.
Source: korrespondent
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