its absence for a long time, as they say, or they, if they want god, they will come to you , to epiphanius others priests, and they will listen to the word of god, everything will be fine. well, you see, the spiritual enslavement of ukraine began immediately. when the russian empire began to colonize the territory of ukraine step by step, starting from the 17th century. the history of our church is a vivid example here. step by step, as soon as russia, the russian empire annexed new ukrainian lands, it began to destroy our church. and so the final destruction of our church in the then russian borders took place in 1839 , and it is obvious that then russia tried to russify this territory with the help of various symbols, even monuments, everything possible was used in order to... reinforce this, you know, this, well, simply murderous ideology, orthodoxy, autocracy, nationalism, and even then, the russian imperial the authorities saw the church as an instrument of enslavement, and i am very sorry to say this, as a person who represents the church, it was such, i would say, a shameless instru

they say, will be tormented by his absence, or they, if they want god, they will come to you, to epiphanius, to other sanctuaries. of ukraine began immediately after the russian empire began to colonize the territory of ukraine step by step, starting from the 17th century. the history of our church is here vivid example. step by... year, as soon as russia, the russian empire annexed new ukrainian lands, it began to destroy our church, and the final destruction of our church in the then russian borders happened in 1839, and it is obvious that then russia tried to russify this territory. with the help of various symbols, even monuments, everything possible was used in order to approve this, you know, this, well , about... simply murderous ideology of orthodoxy, autocracy, nationalities, and even then, the russian imperial power saw the church as an instrument of enslavement, and this i am very sorry to say, as a person who represents the church, it was such, i would say, a shameless instrumentalization of the church in the name of imperial...interests, and then, obviously, the church that eve

serious, from his holiness, ecumenical patriarch bartholomew, to of his beatitude metropolitan epiphanius, yes, from july 26. year, the letter would ask you, first of all, to convey briefly and accurately the plot, so what the letter is about and what is its, so to speak, possible danger for our church stability in ukraine. antina, at this time last year, a local council of the orthodox church of ukraine was held, at which , in particular, changes were made to the current statute of the orthodox church of ukraine, in particular to the statute on management. of the orthodox church of ukraine. so here is the ecumenical patriarch bartholomew then sent this letter to the leadership of the ocu with a request to announce it at the local council with a request not to make certain changes to the statute, in the patriarch's opinion, which could threaten the unity of orthodoxy in ukraine. why is this letter in the press now? because it is clear that now, after the adoption of the law, someone is calling something. as for the banning of the russian orthodox church in ukraine, i call it about limitin