Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill is bent upon the scale of the persecution of the Moscow Patriarchate by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
“More than 30 temples were forcibly seized, and at least another ten are under threat of schismatics and nationalists attack, who issue happening as an alleged voluntary renegade to the so-called Kiev Patriarchate”.
“In fact, this is a lawless, illegal seizure: they are holding meetings with people not related to the community, and then with the help of the authorities falsify the documents, seizing the temple with the help of militant nationalists, and the temple community with a priest are kicked out the door”, – he stated.
According to him, expelled from the temples win all lawsuits, “but the schismatics and their bandit militias ignore court judgements”.