The Persecution Of Christianity And The Violation Of Democratic Norms

 The Turkish government in September 1955 organized a campaign of hatred against the Greek Orthodox of Constantinople and encouraged angry mobs to physically assault Greeks and to destroy their homes, businesses, and Churches.

The Monastery of the Great Lavra in Kiev has been standing for over one thousand years and has belonged to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

There is a schismatic sect that calls itself the 'Orthodox Church of Ukraine' that is backed by the authorities and is attempting under the cover of law to expel the monks who reside their despite the fact that the monks have done nothing wrong.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the spiritual leadership of Metropolitan Onuphry has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war.

Over the past several years, Churches have been seized by supporters of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and legislation has been introduced that would force the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to change its name simply because it is under the 'omophorion' or spiritual authority of the Patriarchateof Moscow.

Now, the question of being under the spiritual authority of a Church in a hostile land is not an unfamiliar one for those of us who are Greek Orthodox.

The suffering Ukrainian Church has reacted to the persecution of the last several years with peaceful and prayerful resistance.

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