Zelensky denies allegations that Ukraine is persecuting Christians in Ben Shapiro interview

[Michie]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted during an interview with Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro that Ukraine has cracked down on some Christian leaders and churches that his government believes to have ties with Russia but denied the allegation that Ukraine is suppressing religious freedom.

The conservative commentator questioned Zelensky about reports that Ukraine is persecuting Russian Orthodox Christians during a recent interview in Kyiv. The interview follows three years of war after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

"There have been a lot of accusations that there's been a crackdown on religious freedom in Ukraine, particularly with regard to the Russian Orthodox Church," Shapiro said, asking Zelensky to address the allegations that Ukraine is restricting religious freedom and shutting down churches of the Russian Orthodox in Ukraine.

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Zelensky denies allegations that Ukraine is persecuting Christians in Ben Shapiro interview

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted during an interview with Daily Wire Host Ben Shapiro that Ukraine has cracked down on some religious institutions that are believed to be working with

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[rambot]

So accusing someone of something is now being worthy of a news story?

Or only when it is someone by the likes of Mr Shapiro?

Imagine a world where substantive allegations are supported and presented in a report like how evidence of something happenning.


That said I wouldn't be surprised if some Ukrainians start having problems with Russian orthodox.

 

[Michie]

Ukrainian politician in London accuses Zelensky of religious persecution amid extradition fight - Premier Christian News | Headlines, Breaking News, Comment & Analysis

Artem Dmytruk, a Ukrainian MP currently residing in London, is preparing to challenge an extradition request from the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky.

premierchristian.news

 

[FireDragon76]

It lacks credibility.

The only thing being rooted out are spy networks and agitprop masquerading as Eastern Christianity.

In Donbas and Luhansk, regions occupied by Russia, on the other hand, there has been actual harassment and persecution of Protestant and Evangelical Christians,.

 

[John G.]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted during an interview with Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro that Ukraine has cracked down on some Christian leaders and churches that his government believes to have ties with Russia but denied the allegation that Ukraine is suppressing religious freedom.

"Yes but... no"
Is this schizophrenia or disassociative identity disorder?

 

[Laodicean60]

The conservative commentator questioned Zelensky about reports that Ukraine is persecuting Russian Orthodox Christians during a recent interview in Kyiv. The interview follows three years of war after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

reports:
Pope Francis has expressed concern over a newly passed law in Ukraine that bans groups with historic ties to the Russian Orthodox Church, seeing it as an attack on religious freedom.

In official remarks on Sunday, the head of the Roman Catholic Church said he was “thinking about the laws recently adopted in Ukraine” regarding Orthodox churches.

“I fear for the freedom of those who pray, because those who truly pray always pray for all,” said Francis. “A person does not commit evil because of praying.”

Pope Francis expresses concern over Ukraine's ban on Russian-linked church

Pope Francis has expressed concern over a newly passed law in Ukraine that bans groups with historic ties to the Russian Orthodox Church, seeing it as an attack on religious freedom

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[Lukaris]

What about Metropolitan Onufriy, who remains in communion with the Moscow Patriarch but is a loyal Ukrainian?

Onufriy Berezovsky - Wikipedia

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[Ellesmere]

Why the Russian Orthodox Church Supports the War in Ukraine​

January 31, 2023

When Russia invaded Ukraine, the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) did not hesitate to throw its support behind the Kremlin’s war against a neighboring Orthodox nation. Far from wavering, that support has only grown more strident as the war progressed.

The reason is not just that the church is used to giving its blessing to any actions taken by the country’s leadership. Quite simply, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, head of the ROC, is betting on Putin’s tanks to preserve the institution of the church throughout the fallen empire.

Yet the more militant the patriarch’s rhetoric and the more visible he becomes in Russian propaganda, the more bigoted he looks from the outside and the stronger the centrifugal forces within the church. By using force to try to keep the splintering parts of the once-unified ROC together, the patriarch is only driving them away.
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Zelensky has every reason to question the motives of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine - given that its objective to regain the position it once held as exerting a religious monopoly over the old Soviet Empire!

Why the Russian Orthodox Church Supports the War in Ukraine

By using force to try to keep the splintering parts of the once-unified ROC together, Patriarch Kirill is only driving them away.

carnegieendowment.org

 

[Tuur]

It lacks credibility.

The only thing being rooted out are spy networks and agitprop masquerading as Eastern Christianity.

In Donbas and Luhansk, regions occupied by Russia, on the other hand, there has been actual harassment and persecution of Protestant and Evangelical Christians,.

Embrace the power of "and." It's possible Ukraine is going after churches with ties to Russia, and that Russians have been going after Protestants. Note: Since Evangelicals are protestants, it's a subset. Not knowing how Eastern Orthodox is set up, I can't really comments much about the goings on. I do know that after the fall of the Soviet Union, evangelists came to Russia and got push-back from Eastern Orthodox.