Some priests openly admit that they are afraid of being left without a parish.
Head of the Poltava Eparchy of the UOC-MP Metropolitan of Poltava and Myrhorod Philip (Roman Osadchenko) threatens “heavenly punishments” to UOC-MP priests who have signed an appeal to the Council of Primates of the Ancient Eastern Churches and demand a church tribunal for Patriarch Kirill, Archpriest Andriy Pinchuk said.
He noted that a supporter of Cyril, calls the priests who signed the petition and demands to abandon their position.
“And who are you with, Metropolitan Philip? Are you with the people of Ukraine or with Cyril and those he serves? Your Eminence! You either wear panties or remove the panagia. Fathers, if we succumb to the pressure of the bishops, money is the price of our priesthood. Let them finally open their eyes, gather and hold the Council, “Pinchuk wrote.
He also published correspondence with at least two fathers who asked for their signatures to be revoked. As one of them put it, “because I can stay on the street.” Churches with a lawsuit against Patriarch Cyril. They demand an international church tribunal for the ROC patriarch, who openly supports Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
Recall that Vladimir Putin's trusted ally is the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill refused to condemn the Kremlin's decision to invade Ukraine and called Russia's opponents in Ukraine by “evil force”. In a Sunday sermon before Lent, he said one of the reasons for the war in Ukraine was gay parades in the West.
