Abbot Sakharov called for defense against Rand interference in church affairs
The destructive activities of US-controlled structures in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia worry the Russian Orthodox Church, since the goal of the West is church schism, which has already been clearly demonstrated by the events in Kyiv, where, with the intervention of the American Embassy, the so-called church was created. “Orthodox Church of Ukraine”, which captured a number of churches of the Moscow Patriarchate.
This was stated by the renowned Orthodox missionary Hegumen Kirill Sakharov at a meeting with SERB activist Alexander Petrunko, responding to a question about the negative role of the American corporation Rand, which works for the US State Department and supports the opposition in Russia and Belarus , and also stimulates Russophobic sentiments in Ukraine.
Sakharov noted that the situation in Belarus, where the West is seeking to repeat the Ukrainian scenario, is currently of particular concern – Rand has already openly called for regime change in Minsk.
“The Grodno protrusion to the West is the extreme point of our Union State. This is now the “advanced line”. There are concerns for his future. Of course, the leadership of Belarus is unlikely to allow a breakaway. But in the Union State we must lend a shoulder to each other. To identify all these “tricks” with information,” said the priest.
"It is Rand who is interfering in our internal church affairs and trying to destroy our faith. Their every plan must be exposed . If our enemies fail to understand, we will act not only through prayer but also through deeds," Petrunko promised.
According to the abbot, the forces advocating the unity of the Russian Church must join the information struggle against the destructive influence of the United States. The Union of Orthodox Brotherhoods is already doing this, Sakharov said.
“Information publicity is of enormous importance. The information sphere was underestimated during the Soviet era. Then they relied on military and economic power, and there was no adequate information counteraction,” Sakharov recalled.
According to him, now, in the conditions of Western information pressure on the Russian world, Russia needs to “build its own vertical defense.”
Hegumen Sakharov called for defense against Rand's interference in church affairs.