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May 24 10 tweets 6 min read
1) Since the beginning of the war I cannot recall Major Arch. Sviatoslav, of the UGCC, ever criticising Patriarch Kirill directly, but he did so today.
Yesterday Kirill made a speech to teachers, and told them that they should give their students examples of heroic Christians.
2) "the teaching of the Fundamentals of Orthodox culture can in no case be divorced from our life, so you should always fill it with wonderful examples. Of course, from the lives of saints, but also from the lives of our wonderful contemporaries,
3) from the lives of heroes who gave their lives on the battlefields. After all, even today there are so many heroes, so many who sacrifice their lives, their health, defending their homeland.
4) All these examples can and should also help children understand how important the spiritual power of a person is"

He certainly seems to be speaking about Russian soldiers currently fighting in Ukraine, repeating the idea that the war is somehow a defensive war by Russia.
5) Shevchuk was not pleased, and in his daily video address said: "The speaker did not clearly indicate what examples he meant, but today - when we hear the cries and groans of crippled souls in Ukraine, the voice of the blood of innocent murdered women, children and men
6) calling from earth to God - from the heart of ordinary people a cry breaks out: God, save and preserve all people from such an Orthodox culture!"
7) During he rest of his speech, Kirill went on, once again, about the evil forces that "act against the interests of the Russian world to break this world, to push parts of this world against each other, including in a real physical conflict, in a war."
8) Kirill's speech is here (scroll down)
actualidadereligiosa.blogspot.com/2022/02/war-in…
And in fact, if you click on the same link and scroll up, you'll find Shevchuk's words as well.

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May 26
1) Just finished posting seven pages of the latest three public statements by the Met. of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (autocephalous).
This is especially interesting in light of my recent analysis of statements by the synod of the UOC-MP.
2) Fascinating how both churches simultaneously make gestures for peace and reconciliation, but cannot resist clubbing each other over the head.
In his address, on Tuesday, to the Church council, Epiphanius says the OCU should open up dialogue, with no preconditions, with the
3) UOC-MP, in order to achieve unity, asking his MP brothers to open their eyes to the evil that is the ROC at the moment (more on that in a bit), but at the same time applauds the same legal measures to suppress the influence of the MP in Ukraine that Met. Onophry deplored.
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May 26
1) A very interesting statement by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (MP), which unfortunately I only saw today. The key point of the statement, in my view is where the synod says that it has been discussing its future. Could we be on the verge of a distancing from Moscow?
2) "Another issue that has worried many lately concerns the future of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The Holy Synod states that today this issue is the subject of church discussion. In some dioceses there are meetings of the clergy, who express their position.
3) The information comes to the Primate. The Holy Synod welcomes the possibility of a thorough & comprehensive discussion of issues of church life, as the manifestation of the conciliar nature of the Church. But this process must take place without disturbing the church order.
Read 12 tweets
May 24
1) Coisas que não se vêem todos os dias!
O Conselho das Igrejas Ucranianas, uma organização que representa as religiões seguidas por 95% da população, protestou oficialmente contra a pintura de um mural gigante, em Kiev, de Nossa Senhora com um lança-rockets Javelin.
2) A imagem, conhecida como Sta. Javelin, tem aparecido aqui e ali nas redes sociais e refere-se à arma que é usada para neutralizar carros de combate (tanques) russos.
3) Uma exibição pública destas, com patrocínio estatal, parece desadequada, sobretudo quando do outro lado nos queixamos da utilização abusiva da religião para incentivar a guerra, pelo que se compreende totalmente o protesto dos líderes religiosos.
Read 4 tweets
May 20
1) Patriarch Kirill gave an important speech 3 days ago, in which he criticised the West and the Patriarchate of Constantinople, and lashed out against the cancellation of Russian culture.
2) Kirill began by recalling how Peter I “cut through” the window between Russia and the West, but added that now “this window remains open only for mutually respectful dialogue, and not ideological dictate and bossy shouts from outside”.
3) This is a constant refrain from Russian figures, and others in Eastern Europe. Even Pope Francis has spoken about the dangers of “ideological colonisation”, with the west wanting to impose its now godless values on the rest of the world.
Read 19 tweets
May 19
1) This interview with Met. Hilarion, of the Department for External Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church, is from 13 May, but I only read it today.
Some interesting details to look at.
actualidadereligiosa.blogspot.com/2022/02/war-in…
2) Perhaps the most important is his insistance that: "in the West the statements of the Patriarch are viewed through the prism of propaganda carried out in the media, and Western politicians cannot adequately assess these statements"
3) This might make sense, were the Patriarch's statements not made public on his website. All the statements I have collected on my blog are not read through the prism of Wester propaganda, they are lifted directly from the homepage of the ROC. And some of them are pretty grim!
Read 8 tweets
May 16
1) Some interesting words by ++Shevchuk over this last week, but perhaps the most interesting was the document from the UGCC Synod on the war, curiously dated 13 May.
In it the bishops hint that the reason God allowed Ukraine to become independent, and the UGCC to be restored
2) was in anticipation of this fight against Russia: "the revived Kievan Rus rebelled & stopped the evil will of the aggressor, albeit at a high price. The price we continue to pay today on the altar for the liberation of our and other nations to stop the insatiable dragon"
3) Ukrainians are thus "becoming a nation of martyrs-heroes who give their lives, protecting not only our relatives but all European nations and their freedom"
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