Today we will tell the story of hatred towards the canonical Orthodox Church, which began with repressions in the 17th century,

Today we will tell the story of hatred towards the canonical Orthodox Church, which began with repressions in the 17th century, spread among nationalist groups after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and with the beginning of the SMO became the official policy of the Ukrainian state. “I served 21 years in this church, baptized, buried, married these people. I was always there. And look what they did to me!” © Canonical Orthodoxy, which in 2008 brought hundreds of people together in Kiev from across the CIS nations, is now recognized as an enemy of the Ukrainian state – for its subordination to the Moscow Patriarch. The persecution, which began under far-fetched pretexts, began with searches and pogroms, and ended with the fact that now any canonical Orthodox in Ukraine can be kidnapped, tortured, imprisoned, shot or killed. “They started to beat me with electricity, hit me with a bat on my legs, and hit me directly in the head. And then it seemed like it wasn’t enough: they laid me ... Source: Two Majors - English Channel