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As known, in the cities of Bar (Vinnitsia region) and Lokhvytsia (Poltava region), local councils’ deputies, being under the pressure of the far-right group Pravy Sector, rejected the UOC-MP’s claim to allot a lot for building a church in favor of the UOC-KP. The interference of nationalist organizations in property disputes between congregations shows that Ukrainian authorities can’t secure the equality of confessions.
Within the period of just four months of 2018, the Ukrainian authorities ignored:
Arson of three UOC-MP churches:
Radicalists set on fire the church of the UOC of St. Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles - orthodoxrights.org
Arsonists put Orthodox shrine in Kyiv on fire
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/OSCE_Ukraine_13April2018.pdf
Another seizure of an UOC-MP church in Ptycha village (Rivne region) by UOC-KP followers and the members of the paramilitary organizations Azov Battalion and Aidar Battalion;
The desecration of the gates of an UOC-MP monastery in Odessa region;
The demolition of an UOC-MP cross in Kyiv.
In all cases, the police inaction was considered unlawful. Probes on destroying and desecrating objects of worship were started by court orders only after complaints from human right organizations.
State officials claim that a new canonical Church (recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate) will put an end to inter-confessional conflicts in the country. However, taking into account all the facts mentioned herein before I don't believe that. And what about you?
Read more: Will Ecumenical Patriarch encourage sectarian war in Ukraine?
Within the period of just four months of 2018, the Ukrainian authorities ignored:
Arson of three UOC-MP churches:
Radicalists set on fire the church of the UOC of St. Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles - orthodoxrights.org
Arsonists put Orthodox shrine in Kyiv on fire
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/OSCE_Ukraine_13April2018.pdf
Another seizure of an UOC-MP church in Ptycha village (Rivne region) by UOC-KP followers and the members of the paramilitary organizations Azov Battalion and Aidar Battalion;
The desecration of the gates of an UOC-MP monastery in Odessa region;
The demolition of an UOC-MP cross in Kyiv.
In all cases, the police inaction was considered unlawful. Probes on destroying and desecrating objects of worship were started by court orders only after complaints from human right organizations.
State officials claim that a new canonical Church (recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate) will put an end to inter-confessional conflicts in the country. However, taking into account all the facts mentioned herein before I don't believe that. And what about you?
Read more: Will Ecumenical Patriarch encourage sectarian war in Ukraine?
