FIRST CHURCH OF KIEV PATRIARCHATE OPENED IN VOLNOVAKHA
There now will be a first church of the Kiev patriarchate in the district center of Volnovakha. Until now, the Moscow patriarchate ruled here unchallenged.
Priests of the Moscow patriarchate frequently have forgotten their taskāto bring peace, goodness, and love to the people. Instead of this, they have blessed weapons and convinced their parishioners that Ukrainians are occupiers in their native land. As the press service of the Kiev patriarchate reported, people repeatedly appealed to local and provincial authorities requesting the registration of at least one church of the Kiev patriarchate back in the time of Yanukovich. However, at the time this question was specifically not raised since it was thought that Yanukovich would not approve such initiatives. It was said that he supported the Moscow patriarchate, Archbishop of Donetsk and Mariupol Sergei of the UPTsKP noted.
Vladyka Sergei said that in several churches of the MP in Mariupol quite recently boxes have been set up for collecting contributions for militants of the Donetsk People's Republic, while law enforcement agencies have not put a stop to this outrageous situation. (tr. by PDS, posted 11 May 2015)
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