The OCU cleric Pavel Pantilei, during a discussion on social networks, called people who disagreed with him on the Ukrainian language rubbish, and began to threaten to “curse or damage” a phrase he did not like on Facebook. A screenshot of the post was posted by blogger Alexander Voznesensky.

“For those who are not imbued with the depth of the situation: a person who calls himself a priest of the Christian church threatens to curse or impose damage, as some occultists and sorcerers usually do,” the blogger writes.

Earlier, the “hierarch” of the OCU called the flock of the canonical UOC “cattle” and said that the processions should be dispersed.