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Religious Information Service of Ukraine, RISU.org.ua
Lviv, Ukraine, Friday, June 20, 2003
(RISU.org.ua) - The faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan
Patriarchate (UOC-KP) believe that the award given earlier this month to
Petro Symonenko, leader of the Communist Party, by the Ukrainian Orthodox
Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) for his outstanding service to the
Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian people is "mere hypocrisy."
This opinion was expressed by Bishop Paisii of Odesa and Balta of the
UOC-KP on 15 June 2003. Bishop Paisii emphasized that the award is
especially hypocritical during the 70th anniversary of the famine that was
orchestrated by the Soviet Communist Party and took the lives of millions.
"It is a pity that we Ukrainians allow such events to take place in the very
heart of Ukrainian spirituality, the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves," said
Bishop Paisii. "I believe all who were involved in awarding the Communist
Party leader are disgraced.
The genocide that the atheistic regime started in Ukraine continues even
today. Petro Symonenko leads the party that refused to vote in the
Parliament to declare the famine in 1932 and 1933 in Ukraine a genocide
against the Ukrainian nation. This is not the first and not the last case of
such blatant disrespect towards Ukrainians on behalf of Moscow Patriarchate
hierarchs."
Religious Information Service of Ukraine, www.RISU.org.ua,
Lviv, Ukraine, Friday, June 20, 2003
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