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MOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday condemned a move by Ukraine to ban a Moscow-linked branch of the Orthodox Church, describing it as an attack on Christianity and a blow to freedom of religion.

^ Which is a load of BS. Ukrainians are still free to worship at the IOC. Fuck russian spies hiding behind religion for credibility.

  • Dasus@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I don’t think they’ve banned Orthodox Christianity. Just the specific church that happens to be of that faith, because Russians are hypocrites who bend international laws as they see fit, and this specific church is connected somehow.

    A large majority of Ukrainians are Orthodox, but they are divided between two main groups with similar names: the UOC and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which would not be affected by the legislation. Many Ukrainians continue to call the UOC the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate, as it was commonly known, despite its recent claims to independence.

    https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-parliament-legislative-ban-ukrainian-orthodox-church-539e0f3a6d657277aa4fa93b8ec53505

    So there’s still an Orthodox Church in Ukraine. The names are similar, but not the same. Sort of like the two Chinas. One calling itself the People’s Republic of China, and one the Republic of China. The latter being more commonly known as Taiwan.