Bishop Gerasim, the ruling bishop of the Gorno-Karlovatsk diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church, gave an interview to the Telegram channel Pravblog Sr, in which, in particular, he answered the question of whether there can be God in the captured churches, whether there can be a full-fledged prayer after the perfect evil in the form of shed blood or theft of other people’s shrines.

The bishop Gerasim recalled the words of the holy noble prince Alexander Nevsky: “God is not in power, but in truth!”

“What is taken away and appropriated with the help of any violence has no perspective and does not receive God’s blessing. And therefore is subject to rapid decay and disappearance. Where power takes over, the mind is clouded, and prayer cannot be true and beneficial,” – emphasized the lord.

He also added that “he who destroys, takes and robs the House of God and the House of Prayer, what life and blessing can hope for? This is a question that needs to be asked to those who do this. in the House of Prayer, in the Temple of God, and on what grounds will their “faith” be held?

“The Church of Christ stands on solid foundations in which the relics of the martyrs for the faith have been placed and which are united by martyrdom, which continuously strengthens the foundations of the Truth of Christ. Those who think that they can destroy such foundations will destroy themselves, their families and the whole society before they remember someone’s name in seized and desecrated churches. And we see today that many in front of churches that have not yet been seized or in seized churches do not pronounce the name of God at all, but on the contrary, they show themselves to be the servants of the devil and call on his name, “said Bishop Gerasim.