In the Novograd-Volynsky district, the rector of the church of the Moscow Patriarchate will be judged, who decided to call on parishioners in every possible way to support the war of Russia against Ukraine during a sermon. This was reported by the press service of the Zhytomyr Regional Prosecutor's Office..

“The 64-year-old rector of the Moscow Patriarchate Church in the Novograd-Volynsky district, in March of this year, in the afternoon, while talking on the street with local residents, gave them “valuable” instructions on how to actually perceive the large-scale invasion of the Russian army. The suspect tried to convince the community that the authorities of the Russian Federation had sent the military to free the Ukrainians from the Nazis and Bandera, to protect the Russian-speaking population of the fraternal people,"

The clergyman argued to the parishioners that it was the Ukrainian troops who were killing civilians and destroying their homes, while the Russians were going to liberate them.

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Currently, the indictment against the priest on the fact of public denial of the armed aggression against Ukraine, public calls to support the decisions and actions of the aggressor state (h. 1 st. 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) was submitted to the court.

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Recall that the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate appealed to the Cathedral of Primates of the Ancient Eastern Churches with a lawsuit against Patriarch Kirill.