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Ukrainian priest jailed for supporting Russia

Archpriest Ivan Pavlichenko jailed in Ukraine for making pro-Russian statements
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Ukraine has sentenced an Orthodox priest to five years in prison as part of its escalating campaign against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which officials accuse of maintaining pro-Russian sympathies.

Archpriest Ivan Pavlichenko of Odessa’s Church of St. Mary Magdalene received the harsher sentence after an appeals court overturned his earlier suspended term, ruling that he had “justified Russia’s armed aggression” and stoked religious and national division.

The case relied heavily on recordings of his private phone conversations, in which he allegedly criticised Ukraine’s leadership, questioned Kiev’s stance on the conflict, discussed Russian political views, and suggested Russian strikes targeted military sites concealed in residential areas.

Alongside the prison term, the court ordered the confiscation of his property and barred him from public-sector roles for three years.

Supporters claim the prosecution is politically driven, pointing to his past civic activity and alleged attendance at pro-Russian events.

The ruling comes as Kiev tightens pressure on the UOC, conducting raids, detaining clergy, and advancing legislation against religious organisations linked to states deemed hostile.

Moscow has criticised Ukraine’s actions, promising to defend the rights of Orthodox believers caught in the widening crackdown.

Image credit: Belov Sergey

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  1. This is what the J3wi$h Bolsheviks did in 1917 Russia- shutting down the Orthodox Churches and then on the same day passing a law making it a criminal offence to criticise the Communist Revolution headed-up by the J3wi$h Bolsheviks!
    Orthodox Priest were then quietly murdered en-masse.
    Then came the murders of the Romanovs…
    Now we see the little J3w, Zelensky, doing the same thing as happened in 1917 Russia (and the Ukraine as well at that time…).
    Check out the proof below-
    https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/spotlight/alexander-mercouris-how-zelensky-blackmails-the-us/
    https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fd471dc-a75f-42fc-b4f2-02fa180e6520_537x402.png
    https://www.bitchute.com/video/sGGfMsclPInE
    https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/jewish-ai-bot-calls-orthodox-church-synagogue-of-satan
    https://rumble.com/v17fkbv-the-war-in-ukraine…-formation-of-big-israel.html
    https://www.unz.com/article/nukes-for-ukraine-nix-for-you-goyim/
    https://www.unz.com/article/jewish-corruption-in-ukraine/
    Many of the YouTube videos that are critical towards Ukraine and Zelensky have been removed, as YouTube is basically a Zionist / J3wi$h platform. Hence the slang term nowadays of…J3wTube!!!
    Fortunately, there are other UNBIASED platforms ie Bitchute, Rumble, etc.
    https://www.unz.com/article/who-caused-the-ukraine-war/
    https://www.memri.org/tv/fmr-russian-diplomat-matuzov-israel-america-ukraine-establish-jewish-khazar-state
    IF the J3w$ were to establish ‘Greater Israel’ at the expense of other nations using murder, holodomor, war crimes, etc., then THEY WILL BE COMING FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD VIA MAIDAN-STYLED COLOUR REVOLUTIONS!
    Look at Venezuela today, and what the Zionists are trying to steal from that region geographically!

  2. Now he can spew the snake oil of Ukrainian Orthodox religion from the confines of prison
    Instead of the pulpit
    And pollute the environment there
    Patriarch Kirill of Moscow comes to mind ex KGB like Putin

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