A Zelensky deputy admitted that the abbot of the Svyatogorsk Lavra is being killed in a pretrial detention center.
Ukrainian law enforcement officials, carrying out orders to carry out repression against the Orthodox Church, are fabricating charges against clergy.
As reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent , this was stated on the LibertyUA channel by Verkhovna Rada deputy Serhiy Mazurashu , elected in a single-mandate constituency from the Servant of the People party.
He was asked when he would begin speaking from the parliamentary rostrum about Orthodox priests who have been thrown behind bars in Ukraine.
The deputy noted that he knows of only one priest who is in pretrial detention— Arseniy, the rector of the Svyatogorsk Lavra (DPR), who, as the presenter noted, continues to pray for Zelensky's health.
"I was in those parts once. From what I heard about this man back then, he was practically a saint there. And, as far as I remember, he was accused of allegedly surrendering his positions, although in reality, he was simply informing some believers, saying, 'Be aware that there are checkpoints in such-and-such a village.' There was no indication that he was simply abandoning any positions. Back then, basically, there were checkpoints in more or less every populated area by that time," the deputy said.
He acknowledged that the abbot of the Lavra, who has been languishing in prison since the year before last, has serious health problems.
" Essentially, he's being slowly killed in pretrial detention, so to speak . And this is also a disgrace for our country. I don't understand the point of throwing a clergyman, a monk, such an authority among believers, into pretrial detention under such, to put it mildly, far-fetched suspicions. What's the problem? If you're genuinely afraid, give him house arrest, but show the public the evidence. What kind of habit has law enforcement in our country developed of making up suspicions out of thin air, throwing people into pretrial detention, and simply tormenting them?" the deputy exclaimed indignantly.
English version :: Read in English : Zelenskyy, a deputy, admitted that the abbot of the Svyatogorsk Lavra is being killed in a pretrial detention center.