The deputy of the Poltava district council Ruslana Bazaluk wrote a deputy appeal regarding “outraged believers of Christians and representatives of the patriotic community of Poltava” about placing the Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Onuphry on the billboards of the city. The deputy especially did not like that the title of the primate of the canonical Church was written on the billboard, “Poltava region” reports.

“In the eighth year of the war, Poltava residents are forced to observe on the streets of the city an agent of influence of the aggressor state who is trying to destroy us both on the battlefield and on the information front. Citizens regard such manifestations as an element of a hybrid war against the Ukrainian people.

According to the report of the Primate of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine – Epiphany, at the Council of Bishops, it was noted that after the Unification Council, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, like any Local Church, has exclusive canonical jurisdiction on its territory. The OCU is the only one that has canonical jurisdiction for Orthodox in Ukraine. Other Orthodox jurisdictions, first of all the Moscow Patriarchate, if they are located here, it is contrary to the canons and the usual order,” said the expert on canons.

In her address Ruslana Bazaluk asks:

1) carry out “preventive work” with all organizations/companies that provide advertising services to further prevent manifestations of anti-state propaganda;

2) hold working meetings with representatives of organizations/companies that have placed the above advertisement;

3) provide a list of organizations/companies that have granted permission to place advertisements with Metropolitan Onuphry on billboards of the city and region;

4) provide copies of agreements on cooperation with relevant organizations/companies.

The billboard that angered Ruslana looks like this: