the Lemniscat
the Lemniscat

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5 Tweets 1 reads Feb 11, 2023
1.
How do genocides begin?
With poisonous journalism, like the article below:
"The Ukrainian priests fighting for Putin"
Norma Costello's hit job against Ukrainian Orthodox priests may put many Orthodox priests' lives in danger, in Ukraine.
unherd.com
2.
Costello writes: "The raid in Kyiv, [an SBU agent] tells me was triggered by a video that showed churchgoers singing songs about the “Russian World” and celebrating the “awakening”of Russia."
The video referred to⬇️
Singing an ancient Orthodox prayer
youtube.com
Is the persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox priests, in Ukraine, now European values?
3
"SBU raided a 1,000-year-old Orthodox Christian monastery in Kyiv ... Priests at Pechersk Lavra were hooked up to lie detectors and grilled for information."
unherd.com
4.
Ukrainian Orthodox Church's Metropolitan Kliment:
“As far as the reasons [for the raids], you’d need to ask the Ukrainian Security Service. Their motives for these activities is still unknown. From the outside, it all looks like a form of intimidation."
meduza.io
5.
Why has Ukraine, who is now raiding Ukrainian Orthodox churches, not been placed on Blinken's list of "religious intolerant countries"?

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