The US Embassy stood up for the Filaretites being evicted in Simferopol, seeing this as a “threat to faith”
The US Embassy in Ukraine stood up for the Crimean Filaretites. According to American diplomats, the fact that the temple premises were taken away from the unregistered UOC-KP in Crimea is a “threat to religion.”
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This was stated in a message from the embassy on Twitter, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Again a threat to faith in Crimea,” wrote American diplomats.
The US Embassy also called on the international community to condemn this incident.
“We call on the international community to also condemn this Russian attack on freedom of religion,” the statement said.
Threats against yet another faith in #Crimea. Urge international community to join in condemning Russian attacks on #ReligiousFreedom https://t.co/63NKAYul1A
- US Embassy Kyiv (@USEmbassyKyiv) 2 September 2017 of
Earlier, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry made an angry statement about “blocking the work of the temple of Princes Vladimir and Olga in Crimea.”
Recall as PolitNavigator reported with reference to pro-Maidan Crimean activist Andrei Shchekun, Russian security forces are evicting the UOC-KP from rented premises in Simferopol. The reason for the eviction by court decision was that the Filaret community had not been registered in accordance with Russian legislation. Previously, the diocese of the UOC-KP rented the first floor of premises in the center of Simferopol for its temple.
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