ORTHODOX EXPERT ADVISES KIRILL NOT TO FANTASIZE ABOUT IN ABSENTIA DEATH SENTENCES OF UPTsMP PRIESTS
Yuri Chernomorets, a famous Orthodox expert, advises the head of RPTs not to inflame the situation but to send a petition to Poroshenko, Yatseniuk, Kirilenko, and Yurash in order to protect those priests of UPTsMP if they really are threatened with danger.
This is the way the expert reacted to Patriarch Kirill's words that were spoken on 2 February at the Bishops' Conference in Moscow that Ukrainian nationalists allegedly issued death sentences in absentia for several clergymen.
"The entire patriarch's report is cancelled out by one phrase: 'I know that threats have been received and in several instances also that death sentences in absentia have been issued to at least ten clerics of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.' He knows? Send them to the chain of command—Poroshenko, Yatseniuk, Kirilenko, Yurash, Nalivaichenko. If they do not respond, appeal to international organizations," he writes on his Facebook page.
Yury Chernomorets notes that there is no death penalty in Ukraine and that even "the pillars of the Yanukovich regime" feel safe.
"Therefore all these 'death sentences in absentia,' if they were to exist, would not apply to priests at all. And so this phrase only verges on another version: put the bishops and priests who deserve it on a boat in Odessa and let them go in peace to Russia. Well, Ukraine cannot guarantee their safety," the theologian emphasized.
"But I think that this boat will come after the
oligarchy. No sooner. So that we will follow the development of
the tale," Yury Chernomorets added. (tr. by PDS, posted 5 February
2015)
Moscow
Orthodox leader complains about Ukrainian conditions
February 2, 2015
Editorial disclaimer: RRN does
not intend to certify the accuracy of information
presented in articles. RRN simply intends to certify the
accuracy of the English translation of the contents of the
articles as they appeared in news media of countries of
the former USSR.
If material is quoted, please give credit to the
publication from which it came. It is not necessary to credit
this Web page. If material is transmitted electronically, please
include reference to the URL,
http://www.stetson.edu/~psteeves/relnews/.