DISINFO: The Kyiv regime is destroying the canonical Orthodox church
SUMMARY
The liquidation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which was under the patronage of the Moscow Patriarchate, is indeed being carried out. This is a typical raider seizure on the scale of an entire state, which should lead to the prohibition and destruction of the only fully canonical and, as such, the only church recognized throughout the world and by all churches and religions.
RESPONSE
No evidence provided. This is a pro-Kremlin conspiracy theory aimed at portraying Ukraine as "Satanist", and alleging that the Ukrainian government bans the only canonical Orthodox church of Ukraine.
In early December 2022, the Ukrainian government announced that it will draw up a law banning churches affiliated with Russia, following a series of raids on parishes that Kyiv says could be taking orders from Moscow.
The Ukrainian government does not plan to ban Orthodoxy. It plans to limit the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate [UOC-MP] in Ukraine, which is affiliated with Russia.
Spravdi, the Centre for Strategic Communications under the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, has explained why the government decided to ban the activities of UOC-MP.
Spravdi emphasised that in the churches of the UOC-MP:
Russian propaganda is being spread
Activities of enemy secret services are being covered
Russian agents are being recruited.
The parishes may switch to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The latter received the tomos of autocephaly in January 2019 and is officially recognised by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Patriarchate of Alexandria, Church of Greece, and Church of Cyprus. A number of other churches are leaning towards recognising it. Moreover, it is also the most popular Orthodox church in Ukraine: 78% of orthodox believers claim their allegiance to the church.
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