With such a statement, he turned to a video message to the believers. It was published on the UOC’s Telegram channel.
“I call on all our believers not to succumb to provocations, to behave with dignity,” Metropolitan Onufry said. – They have the right to express their wishes, but all this must be within the framework of state laws and spiritual culture. Let them not act in the same way as those who treat them rudely, with disdain. May everyone be respected, but stand firm, pray to God and protect the shrines.
He advised to pray for the admonition of people who raise their hands against the Church, who remove and close churches and monasteries.
We remind you that over the past year, the Ukrainian authorities organized the largest wave of persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church in recent history. Sanctions, criminal cases, raids are the shameful day-to-day of its existence today.
