DISINFO: The followers of Satan have seized power in Kyiv
SUMMARY
The Zelenskyy regime has launched a final offensive against Orthodoxy. The attack on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra characterises the Zelenskyy regime as absolutely inhuman. Everything we are witnessing is evidence that the followers of Satan have seized power in Kyiv.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative portraying Ukraine as an enemy of the Orthodox Church.
Freedom of religion is enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine.
In late 2022, the Ukrainian government announced a law banning churches affiliated with Russia, following a series of investigations related to parishes that Kyiv says could be taking orders from Moscow. This mostly affected the activities of the so-called Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate [UOC-MP] in Ukraine, which is affiliated with Russia and considered a key influence tool for Moscow in the country, and whose leadership has voiced its full support for the Russian war on Ukraine including siding closely with Putin, blessing soldiers and Russian guns and offering the church's support.
Moreover, the government of Ukraine is not seizing the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. In fact, it has always been state property. It is managed by the National Kyiv-Pechersk History and Culture Preserve. In 2013, the government of Ukraine has leased its premises to the UOC-MP. However, in 2022, a special commission found that the UOC-MP violates the terms of the lease agreement. For instance, illegal construction and reconstruction of historical monuments is carried out on the territory of the Lavra. In 2022, the Security Service of Ukraine stated that it has found pro-Russia literature, documents, and people who were hiding illegally on the territory of the UOC-MP monastery.
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