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The Church is the conscience of the people, and politicians who go against the Church, go against the people, – the representative of the UOC in the Rada

The post-Maidan leadership of the country wanted to keep the Church on a short leash, rule it, and manipulate it. Archpriest Vasily Rusinka, a representative of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the Verkhovna Rada, said this in an interview with Pravoslavie.Ru.

“The documents of the Council of Europe envisage partnership relations between the state and religious organizations, including the recognition of their status as a legal entity. However, Poroshenko’s post-Maid power showed that it does not need a partner church, but a servant church. Unfortunately, the current government did not live up to the expectations of the people, because people voted not so much for Zelensky as against Poroshenko. But the voters were deceived again. Discrimination of the UOC continues, there are seizures of churches, there is pressure on our Church. Although the Church is the conscience of the people, and those politicians who go against the Church, in fact, go against the people.

Today we are limited in terms of interaction with the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada, but we still cooperate with some of them, and we are also trying to establish interaction with the inter-factional association “For spirituality, morality and health of Ukraine.” But constructive cooperation does not work out. The requests and legislative initiatives of the UOC are ignored, while political engagement comes to the fore. Many deputies want to “hyip” on religious topics, and therefore speak out against our Church. In a private conversation, when I ask these deputies why they behave this way (after all, they were baptized in the UOC, their parents go to the UOC), they answer: “It is necessary, today is such a policy,” the priest said.

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