Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Province, Ukraine, October 31, 2024
Photo: Bancheny Monastery (Telegram)
His Eminence Metropolitan Longin had to be hospitalized again yesterday after another session of the state’s persecutorial campaign against him.
Like many other hierarchs and clerics, Met. Longin faces trumped up charges of “inciting religious enmity.” Though officially recognized as a Hero of Ukraine for having adopted hundreds of orphans, the state now considers him an enemy because he staunchly remains within the Orthodox Church.
His Eminence has suffered several severe health incidents since the state launched its campaign against him. He suffered a stroke last July, and he was admitted to the hospital in December with atrial fibrillation, after which he underwent heart surgery. Later that month, his car was unjustly detained and he suffered a heart arrhythmia due to the stress.
His Eminence was physically attacked in his home in late January and had to undergo emergency eye surgery.
In February, he underwent another heart procedure. In August, he was admitted to the ICU after a car accident.
And during his court session yesterday, the staunch hierarch became visibly ill and had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance, the Holy Ascension-Bancheny Monastery reports.
Met. Longin asked for a break until the following day when he began to feel ill, but the judge refused.
Video from court shows His Eminence’s poor state:
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