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Kyiv monks accused of Russia links refuse eviction order
ABC News ^ | March 29, 2023 | HANNA ARHIROVA

Posted on 03/29/2023 2:02:19 PM PDT by McGruff

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1 posted on 03/29/2023 2:02:19 PM PDT by McGruff
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Q. What do you call a tyrant who bans a 1000+ year church and confiscates its property?

A. Fighting for democracy bro


2 posted on 03/29/2023 2:04:40 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they wacnto diese for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: McGruff

Zelensky is part of the western globo-homo, neo-marxist cultural revolution

He’s just doing what revolutionaries do.


3 posted on 03/29/2023 2:09:51 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: McGruff

Lies of omission.

Your article fails to provide the full name of the church the monks belong to: Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate or the UOC-MP.

It is a branch of the official state church of Russia which is run by a former KGB agent buddy of Putin.

The monks are justifiably considered a security threat since they are operatives of a government that is currently waging war against Ukraine.

That they are merely being evicted and sent back to Russia is quite charitable of the Ukrainians.


4 posted on 03/29/2023 2:11:21 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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You are an anti-Christian bigot if you condone this.


5 posted on 03/29/2023 2:15:29 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: McGruff

Are they like the Tibetan monks that AlGore used to launder $$$?


6 posted on 03/29/2023 2:15:48 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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stalin-heart


7 posted on 03/29/2023 2:16:28 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: 2banana

A2.) Democrat?


8 posted on 03/29/2023 2:22:33 PM PDT by JJBookman (Democrats = Party of Islam )
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To: MeganC

“Lies of omission.”

When all you’ve got is spin, you’ve got to keep on spinning.


9 posted on 03/29/2023 2:23:23 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: McGruff

What a disgusting man Zelinski is. He’s pretending it’s a military necessity, but it’s just part of his ongoing ethnic cleansing effort.


10 posted on 03/29/2023 2:25:50 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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People don’t seem to be aware of the nature of the Orthodox churches.

The Roman Catholic Church was mostly independent of the State. Yes, in many nations the Catholic was the state church. Just like after the reformation there were states where a Lutheran or Presbyterian church was the state church.

But in none of these was the church answerable to the state.

That was never the case in the east. The orthodox churches were always subordinate to the state. To the Eastern Empire, and then to the Tsars.

Note that the grounds of the monestary are actually owned by the state. This would never be the case in the West.

The relationship between Church and State is very different than what we are used to in the West.


11 posted on 03/29/2023 2:26:11 PM PDT by jdege
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To: MeganC

It is a monastery and has been there for centuries. It is a monastery in the truest sense of the word and is not a military asset, nor a spying operation.
The worst they are doing is praying.


12 posted on 03/29/2023 2:28:13 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: McGruff

It’s KEEEEEEEEVE!


13 posted on 03/29/2023 2:35:21 PM PDT by AAABEST ( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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“..they are operatives of a government that is currently waging war against Ukraine...”

Maybe they are operatives of the Kingdom of God that is constantly waging war against evil.


14 posted on 03/29/2023 2:38:15 PM PDT by elpadre (nd )
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pooty poot can find a nice place for them


15 posted on 03/29/2023 2:44:30 PM PDT by Sunsong
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The relationship between Church and State is very different than what we are used to in the West.

Well, I guess that makes it all OK.

16 posted on 03/29/2023 2:50:24 PM PDT by PGR88
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Zelensky will probably have his people blow the place up and then blame it on a Russian missile...similar to their usual playbook.


17 posted on 03/29/2023 3:10:55 PM PDT by BobL
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Shouldn’t Prez Z be out hocking his girls for more ammo instead of worrying about a bunch of KGB monks?


18 posted on 03/29/2023 3:23:30 PM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: MeganC

Woncha wanna keep ‘em locked up in the monetary then??


19 posted on 03/29/2023 3:25:00 PM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: jimwatx; MeganC; DesertRhino
Look up how Patriarch Kirill became a billionaire and his role in the KGB.
Eastern and Southern Europe have reason to distrust the Russian Orthodox Church.
They are a extension of the Russian government and intelligence services as much as a religion.
20 posted on 03/29/2023 3:27:33 PM PDT by Widget Jr (🇺🇦 Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 Sláva Ukrayíni! 🇺🇦 - No CCCP 2.0)
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