Bishop of UOC in USA (Constantinople): the Ukrainian state is purifying Orthodoxy there

South Bound Brook, New Jersey, December 9, 2022

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Absolutely no one’s religious rights are being violated in Ukraine, for the state is, in fact, purifying and renewing Ukrainian Orthodoxy, one hierarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA of the Patriarchate of Constantinople is sure.

The Ukrainian president and other authorities have “skillfully proved to the society the facts of the abuse of the trust of the people by the UOC MP,” Archbishop Daniel of Pamphilon writes.

Despite a number of bills submitted to the Parliament calling for the entire Ukrainian Orthodox Church to be banned, and despite the searches being continually carried out at UOC monasteries, churches, and dioceses (complete with accusations planted evidence), Abp. Daniel is certain that Ukrainian Orthodoxy isn’t being restricted, but “is PURIFIED and RENEWED!”

Recall that Abp. Daniel was one of the two exarchs that Constantinople sent into Ukraine in the fall of 2018 to prepare the scandalous “unification council” that created the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” in December of that year.

His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine called the sending of exarchs into Ukraine an “anti-canonical” act. “It has neither the moral nor canonical right to interfere in Ukrainian affairs,” the Ukrainian primate said.

Read Abp. Daniel’s full statement below:

In Ukraine today, the ECCLESIASTICAL JUSTICE has been restored: due to the provision of the TOMOS on Autocephaly (granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople), the people of Ukraine are cared for by the Orthodox Church of Ukraine - the head of which is His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphany!

In recent days, many friends have been asking about the fact that the Orthodox Church is being "closed" in Ukraine... Too many politicians and commentators in the USA completely do not understand the church reality in Ukraine...

The church structure - more precisely, the spiritual leaders of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (part of the Russian Orthodox Church), in recent days have been making Ukrainian and world society aware of their identification with the RUSSIAN WORLD (RUSKIY MIR) - that is, the ideology of the Moscow Patriarchate, in many cases engaging in demagoguery and supporting separatism in Ukraine…

The President of Ukraine and the authorities of the state skillfully proved to the society the facts of the abuse of the trust of the people by the UOC MP...

ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHTS OF RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ARE VIOLATED IN UKRAINE... but if clergymen (especially hierarchs) are engaged in political propaganda for the benefit of the Russian AGGRESSOR - then, as in any other society of the civilized world, we should expect a thorough review of the activities of the church structure...

I completely share the opinion and approach of the government of Ukraine - if BETRAYAL of the national and spiritual interests of the state is proven by practical actions - then measures should be taken to limit the activities of the "church", which manipulates the consciousness of believers - THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE!!!

Ukrainian Orthodoxy is not being restricted - it is PURIFIED and RENEWED!

The doors of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine are opened to the people of Ukraine!!!

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12/9/2022

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Comments
Panagiotis12/12/2022 5:18 am
The lack of knowledge among some never ceases to amaze me. When are Orthodox People going to WAKE UP and realize that the internationalists HATE ALL Orthodox Christians. The internationalists planned the coup in the Ukraine and they planned this war in the Ukraine. They want to destroy the Conservative Russian People and Conservative Russian Orthodox Church, and they are USING the Ukrainian Orthodox People to achieve this Sinister objective. The Ukrainian Orthodox People are being USED as cannon fodder to achieve the dark objectives of the DEVIOUS internationalists. The SINISTER internationalists are happy that Orthodox are dying fighting each other. But some stupid people cannot see this. I think I know why. INTELLIGENCE IS GENETIC for the most part. We know when the INTERNATIONALISTS created the USSR, the Bolsheviks immediately started to murder the upper INTELLIGENT echelons of Society, including Military Officers, Priests, educators, landowners, business people, Nobility, etc. When they killed the best of society first, they also obviously prevented them from reproducing (since they're dead). If they did have children before they were killed, then many of those children were also killed or had to flee. NOW in the UKRAINE there are FEW DESCENDENTS of these INTELLIGENT PEOPLE that were killed by the Bolsheviks. That may be one of the reasons why some Ukrainians were STUPID enough to elect a President (LEADER) of the UKRAINE who is allegedly NOT OF ETHNIC UKRAINIAN DESCENT. The President of the Ukraine is allegedly of Ashkenazi Jewish Ethnicity. Let us pray to ALMIGHTY GOD and the PANAGIA to give knowledge to the Orthodox People so they finally WAKE UP and open their eyes! Just my humble opinion.
Lisa Coleman12/12/2022 4:47 am
There is no love in this man's statements, only a cold ego in the throws of contempt.
Fr. Michael12/11/2022 7:29 am
Move along ... nothing to see here ... just another false prophet!
Nikolai12/11/2022 2:30 am
May the Lord God protect everyone from such ignorance, such bishops and priests who have not a clue about Holy Orthodoxy!
Kostas Bigalis12/10/2022 10:29 pm
«Θα περάσουν βρωμερά ασκέρια από τα σπέρια μέρη της Δύσης και θα ρωτάνε: Που ‘ναι η Πόλη, είναι σιμά; όσοι θα λένε ότι είναι σιμά, δεν θα τους πειράξουν, όσοι πουν ότι είναι αλάργα, θα τους κόβουν». Η παραλλαγή αυτή είναι ελλειπτική, δίνει όμως το στοιχείο ότι ο στρατός αυτός (ασκέρια) θα έρθει από την Δύση. (Εσπερία σημαίνει το δυτικό μέρος της Ευρώπης). Τα ασκέρια τα ονομάζει «βρωμερά», πολύ πιθανόν διότι θα μεταφέρουν τα άχρηστα ήθη και έθιμά τους μαζί τους. Μας παραξενεύει το ότι αυτά τα στρατεύματα θα περνούν μέσω Βορείου Ηπείρου. Επομένως η θαλάσσια οδός θα πρέπει να είναι κλειστή. Άρα θα πρέπει να είναι ένας μεγάλος πόλεμος. Με τα σημερινά δεδομένα όμως (τεχνικά μέσα κ.λ.π.) είναι δύσκολο να δοθεί μία λογική απάντηση για τον τρόπο μετακινήσεως αυτού του στρατού με τα στοιχεία που αναφέρονται στην προφητεία. Είναι δυνατόν σήμερα να μη γνωρίζει ο στρατός που βρίσκεται ο ίδιος και πόσο απέχει ο τόπος προς τον οποίο κατευθύνεται; Όπως βλέπουμε και στις τρεις συλλογές, ο στρατός αυτός κατευθύνεται προς την Πόλη ασφαλώς για να πολεμήσει για την κατάληψή της… Ο στρατός είναι καταπονημένος και μπορεί να κάνει κακό στους Βορειοηπειρώτες, προς τους οποίους απευθύνεται η προφητεία και γι’ αυτό σε αυτήν την περίπτωση ο Άγιος συνιστά την απομάκρυνση των γυναικόπαιδων στα βουνά, για ασφάλεια. Εδώ κάνω μια παρένθεση που έχει σχέση με την αποκατάσταση της παλιάς Εγνατίας οδού, που άρχιζε από το Δυρράχιο στις ακτές της Αδριατικής και τερμάτιζε στα Κύψελα του Έβρου και αργότερα προχώρησε μέχρι την Κωνσταντινούπολη. Το μήκος της ήταν περίπου 800 χλμ. Σήμερα βλέπουμε την ελληνική προσπάθεια αποκαταστάσεως της οδού αυτής (ολοκληρώθηκε). Δεν ξέρουμε πως θα κινηθούν και οι άλλοι λαοί για την αποκατάσταση της, από τα εδάφη των οποίων είχε την διέλευση της η Εγνατία οδός… Παλαιά η Εγνατία οδός εξυπηρετούσε στρατιωτικούς και εμπορικούς σκοπούς… Ερμηνεύοντας την παρούσα προφητεία δεν μπορούμε να αποκλείσουμε την διάβαση στρατού μέσω Αλβανίας. Τούτο δεν είναι απίθανο να το κάνει π.χ. η Ε.Ε. αν μάλιστα το «χιλιάρμενο» έχει κατακλείσει την Μεσόγειο και το Αιγαίο κατά την προφητεία, προκειμένου να συμπαρασταθεί στα μέλη της. Να προωθήσει δηλ. στρατό δια ξηράς. Στην παρούσα προφητεία βλέπουμε, πως, ώσπου να φτάσει ο στρατός αυτός στον προορισμό του, που είναι οι στρατιωτικές επιχειρήσεις στην Ανατολή που έχουν σχέση με την Κωνσταντινούπολη, ο πόλεμος θα έχει τελειώσει με την επέμβαση των «κοκκινογέλεκων».. Υπάρχει και η λεπτομέρεια στην προφητεία (Συλλογή Καλυβόπουλου) σχετικώς με τον στρατό αυτό που θα διέλθει μέσω Αλβανίας: «… γιατί θα’ ναι κουρασμένοι». Αυτό φανερώνει πως ο στρατός αυτός θα έχει καταπονηθεί, προφανώς ένεκα και άλλων μαχών, στις οποίες έλαβε μέρος, και φαίνεται σαν να είναι εξαγριωμένος, ώστε να μπορεί να κάνει κακό απ’ όπου διέρχεται. Πως όμως δεν γνωρίζει πόσο μακρυά είναι η Πόλη; Τα ανωτέρω σημειώνω, διότι όλες οι λεπτομέρειες δείχνουν μια γενικώτερη σύρραξη. Οι προφητείες αυτές παραμένουν ανεκπλήρωτες και δεν μπορούμε να ξέρουμε τι ανακατατάξεις εθνών θα γίνουν σε ένα μερικό ή και παγκόσμιο πόλεμο
archimandrite Jacobus12/10/2022 4:22 pm
yes, man's power of self-deception, sad to see. let us all beware.
Karen12/10/2022 5:29 am
Shameful gaslighting! Tragic!
Alex12/9/2022 9:21 pm
Archbishop Daniel, you are also a charlatan! I don't know how you can seriously look yourself in the mirror every morning? (Do you even have a reflection?)
Alexander 12/9/2022 6:54 pm
I am curious how long will the other local churches watch this satanic attack. How is it possible for the Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian Orthodox Churches... to be silent? Why no one is calling for an orthodox Synod that officially deposes Bartholomew and his greek apostate followers together with the ukrainian sect and the their leader Epiphany. Anathema to Bartholomew, Anathema to Ieronymos, Anathema to Theodoros the New Judas, Anathema to Epiphany..
m. Cornelia12/9/2022 6:18 pm
Joseph: Not only religious freedom but also basic human decency. They know that the UOC is the historical Ukrainian Church, and the only way to push their new agenda is to rewrite history. But the vast majority simply don't want to go the the OCU. It's not the Church they have always known, and cannot satisfy their spiritual hunger. It is without grace. This is a new form of persecution against Orthodoxy, which is also purification for us. So, what this individual said is true, but certainly not in the way he meant it!
Joseph Lipper12/9/2022 5:44 pm
It is certainly very hard to understand how religious freedom is not being violated here. What actual evidence has been found that the UOC with its new statutes is in cahoots with the Russian Federation? It all seems to be conjecture and with no hard evidence.
victor lochmatow12/9/2022 5:23 pm
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap (Gal. 6:7). It is impossible to mock or deceive God, His Church and His servants. God will reward each in due time according to his words and deeds.
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