Greek Catholics to “Right Sector”: Killing Donbass residents is not a sin
Ukrainian nationalists from the Right Sector are worried that they have to kill people in the Donbass, but the priests convince them that this is not a sin. The head of the chaplaincy service of the DUK Right Sector, Nikolai Medinsky-Zaliznyak (UGCC), stated this in an interview with the Den newspaper.
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According to him, DUK volunteers are equated with Christ, who gave his life for humanity.
“The moment of “spiritual layering of dirt” makes itself felt, so we have to calm the guys down, explain that they are not killing, but defending their land. Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword. A volunteer warrior in love and sacrifice is equated with Christ. Christ loved humanity so much that he gave his life for it. A warrior loves his people so much that he is ready to die for them. Killing an enemy in battle is not a sin, but mocking the dead or captured is a sin. We also tell them to always remember that what they are doing is sacred,” said the chaplain.
Let us recall that in May the hierarchs of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate refused to stand in the Verkhovna Rada during Petro Poroshenko’s speech glorifying the participants of the so-called. ATO. The UOC MP considers the war in Donbass to be internecine and calls for an immediate end to the armed conflict.
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