Epiphany was afraid to voice the theses proposed to him by Zelensky about peace with Crimea and Donbass
The head of the unrecognized Orthodox Church of Ukraine, subordinate to Constantinople, Epiphanius is absent from the appeal of religious leaders to residents of territories not controlled by Kiev, distributed by Vladimir Zelensky, since the hierarch did not like the text, which contains too little belligerence and an excess of conciliatory notes, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
About it reports the BBC with reference to sources in the OCU.
“According to BBC sources close to Epiphany, he was offered to appear on the video, but he refused. The hierarch did not like the text that he was asked to voice, that “one should not speak in the language of guns,” the publication writes.
According to interlocutors, Epifaniy was worried that it would look as if he was calling for negotiations with the leaders of the LDPR.
The publication notes that Epifaniy was also worried that his and Filaret’s participation in the video would lead to disagreements about who is more important in the OCU.
Previously PolitNavigator reported that that newly elected President Vladimir Zelensky published an appeal from various religious leaders to residents of territories not controlled by Kyiv. There is no epiphany on the recording.
Let us note that Filaret, who previously called the war “punishment of the residents of Donbass for their sins,” unlike her protégé Epiphanius, was not afraid to “change her shoes” into a peacemaker and voice directly opposite theses.
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