Bishop of the Volyn diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church responds to a defamation attempt of a Ukrainian MP
March 13, 2017 – Sergey Sivak, member of the Volyn oblast council, lied about the fact that the bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) supposedly called the Ukrainian flag a “rag”. This was supposedly said during the ceremony to commemorate victims of the Lutsk jail massacre. The defamation was countered by Metropolitan Nathaniel during the airing of a television program “The opposite view”, on Friday, March 10.
“The supposed recording of the insult does not exist. The video recording, when a priest from the UOC supposedly said it, was watched in its entirety. It never happened and it is a defamation attempt”, said the Metropolitan. “I regret sincerely that people fall to such a level”.
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