Reporter’s Notebook: Ukrainian spiritual leader says Russian Orthodox Church extension of Kremlin

As President Donald Trump’s administration He works at the diplomatic end of the war in Ukraine, the leaders of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Father) warn that Russia Vladimir Putin believes that he is actually fighting “Holy War” against the West.

A delegation from his father was recently in the United States at the International Self -Freedom Freedom in Washington, the DC group was led by his metropolate Beatuitide, the leader of Kiev and the whole of Ukraine.

His translator spoke with Fox News about the spiritual war that rages between Russia and Ukraine, who played a big role in why the battle began and continued to escalate.

The head of Eastern Orthodoxy condemns Putin, Russian invasion of Ukraine

His metropolitan Eminence Yevstratiy, Deputy Chief of Orthodox Church of the Foreign Church in Ukraine, says about Russia, “From the point of religious attitude, this is the release of Ukrainians from [the] The colorless west, from evil. And Russia brings Ukraine light and truth. “

Yevratiy and other observers of the Church, such as Catholic intellectuals George Weigel, accused the Russian Orthodox Church of not nothing but Kremlin’s arm, dressed in religious clothing, but doing Putin’s offers.

Writing in the magazine first, Weigel noted “… Ukraine mounted and suffered a fierce resistance that denied Russia a quick victory that Putin predicted in February 2022, Russian justifications for the war began to take on a new color: the war was now a crusade in defense Christian civilization. “

On the subcastation of the lighthouse of the lighthouseYevstysty recalled that at the beginning of the war, Moscow patriarch Kirill was sermonized to Russian soldiers fighting Ukraine that if he died in the battle, he would immediately go to heaven … All sins forgave. Even an outsider who looks at the complexity of Orthodox Christianity, it sounds more like a “political jihad” than the gospel.

In 2019, the orthodox church of Ukraine received independence from Russian Orthodox Church from the Patriarch of Ecumenical in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey). This caused discomfort in Moscow. Kirill and Putin refused to recognize the power of Patriarch Bartholomew.

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Yevstai also discovered a terrifying version of the Ukraine War. He says Putin’s ultimate goal is greater than the re -unification of the Soviet Union or Defense of the Christian civilization. It’s actually more apocalyptic. It is focused on the launch of the third and last Rome …. in Moscow, which means, marking the rest of Christianity, Catholics and Protestants … as heretics and pagan.

Describing the internal action of Orthodox churches can seem a bit like “inside a baseball”. But these are the oldest churches of Christianity. They came out of five ancient churches led by the apostles who personally knew Jesus.

The Apostle Andrew went east to Constantinople; Mark Alexandria (Egypt); Peter to Antioch (Rome); James to Jerusalem and Barnabas on Cyprus. Of these people, along with the traveled apostle Paul, Christianity has spread around the world. Thus, this conflict between Russia and Ukraine has deep spiritual roots. And Putin knows that.

Yestatiy and Epiphany were present at a national breakfast for prayer in Washington and heard that President Trump declares his desire to be a peacemaker.

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Vestratiy said, “We pray and pray to God Almighty to bless this very good and Christian wish.”

Adding, “May God bless Ukraine. May God bless America.”

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