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Thank you for joining us. I think very few Americans understand the degree to which the Ukrainian government under Zelensky has persecuted the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

Can you give us an overview of what your government has done to your church?

Unfortunately, our government, led by Zelensky has opened up a campaign of persecution and depression against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the largest church in Ukraine, the largest denomination of Christians in Ukraine.

Before the war, there were 12,000 parishes and 7 million believers in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

And despite the fact that it's the largest denomination, and that 95% to 97% voted for Zelensky as the President of Peace,

he is doing this to our church. He's persecuting and oppressing our church.

Over the past 10 years, persecution has intensified, and currently right now, it is leading to terrible consequences.

As you know, in Parliament, a law has been passed, which actually, in fact, bans the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

So our archbishops are subjected to persecution.

There are completely false criminal cases opened up against them.

Our parishioners beaten. Our church is taken away, so Satanism

is flourishing in Ukraine. So some metropolitan are in prison, some are under house arrest,

some examples are metropolitan arsony, who's currently in prison, who's the head of the Savedegors

Collaborative. He's in prison under completely false accusations. Metropolitan Firoci,

Metropolitan Luca, Metropolitan Anthony, they're all under house arrest. Another big example is

Metropolitan Langeness, who actually has an orphanage in his church,

which has more than 600 disabled children. He's a man of love, and he's still being persecuted,

all for being faithful to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

He's just, no, even though, that he's to people, ...toe people, what can't,

it's a man to love.

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