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The vertically shot video revealed final November reveals no weapons, battlefield atrocities and even troopers. But the sound of a patriotic Russian music reverberating via a church on Kyiv’s well-known Lavra monastery grounds appeared to open a brand new entrance in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia.
The church belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) – which, regardless of the title, has historically been loyal to the Russian Orthodox Church, and whose present chief Patriarch Kiril has brazenly supported Moscow’s brutal invasion. Splitting with Kiril, the management of the UOC denounced Russia’s assault, and final May, declared its independence from Russia.
In a sermon days after the break up, Patriarch Kiril mentioned he was praying that “no temporary external obstacles will ever destroy the spiritual unity of our people.”
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