“Blood will be on Bartholomew,” Novinsky
Believers of the UOC will come out to defend the Kiev-Pechersk and Pochaev Lavras if the threat of the head of the non-canonical UOC-KP Philaret is realized, and the two shrines will be transferred to a new structure created by Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.
People's Deputy from the Opposition Bloc Vadim Novinsky stated this today on the Rossiya-1 TV channel.
“We have repeatedly heard statements from the false Patriarch Filaret. But believers will come out to defend their shrines, as was the case during the attempts to seize the Kiev Pechersk Lavra in 2014 and in the winter of this year. There will inevitably be clashes. And the blood that will be shed will be on the Ecumenical Patriarch. We warned him about this during a personal meeting,” Novinsky said.
In his opinion, Patriarch Bartholomew, instead of “helping to heal the schism, with his actions strengthens it and sows confusion in Ukraine.”
“This will be the creation of a parallel jurisdiction. This will be a split for centuries, which no one will be able to overcome,” Novinsky said.
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