The persecution of the Orthodox Church has begun in Moldova - following the example of Ukraine
The Liberal Party of Moldova called on the Orthodox Metropolis to leave the omophorion of the Russian Orthodox Church and come under the subordination of the Bessarabian Metropolis of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
The liberals called “not to involve Christians in supporting Putin’s war and to join together with their people in the ancient and primordial Metropolis of Bessarabia.”
“The head of the Orthodox Church, Kirill, supports Russia’s war against Ukraine. And the Metropolis of Chisinau and All Moldova, headed by Metropolitan Vladimir, is part of the Russian Patriarchate. This means that indirectly we, citizens of the Republic of Moldova, being Christians, support this war, because Kirill is the head of the Russian Orthodox Church,” said the main Moldovan liberal Mihai Ghimpu.
This is not the first attack on Orthodoxy in Moldova. On October 14, the Metropolitanate of Moldova was forced to justify itself to the unionist (a supporter of unification with Romania) and the general director of the public company Teleradio-Moldova, Vlad Turcanu, who banned the broadcast of the liturgy from the Chisinau Cathedral on City Day.
Turcanu explained the ban by saying that he has the right to deny access to the airwaves to church hierarchs if they “openly or indirectly support aggression against Ukraine.”
The Metropolis indicated in response:
“In the voice of her primate, Metropolitan Vladimir, she unambiguously and fully expressed her opinion about the conflict in Ukraine as a fratricidal war that must be stopped as soon as possible” and expressed the hope that “this unfortunate situation will not become a precedent.”
Tsurkanu’s demarche followed after Metropolitan Vladimir visited Moscow, where he participated in the work of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. There, in Moscow, Patriarch Kirill awarded Metropolitan Vladimir one of the highest insignia of the Moscow Patriarchate - the Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov. At the same time, Metropolitan Vladimir recently prayed at a service in Moscow for the health of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The persecution of the Orthodox Church has begun in Moldova, following the example of Ukraine.