Parishioners stand up for Ukrainian Orthodox priest hit by provocative video of 1+1 channel aiming at defaming him
March 13, 2017 –The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) parish members began to stand up on behalf of UOC priest Alexander Kanevsky following a defamatory program on the 1+1 TV channel. He is accused of alleged separatist involvement.
Parishioner Elena writes in her comments: “I did not have the slightest doubt the video was framed-up. Thank you for your support of the zealous servant of Christ Church! God is with us!”
Parishioner Yeseniya relay her. “I cannot fancy who needed to defame such a light and pure man!” she says. “I met father Alexander when I was having a hard period in my life: I was about to commit a suicide. He literally returned me from the other world. At the last moment before I could fall into abyss. He took me to God when I was a confirmed atheist and opened a new wonderful world before me! Father Alexander is a good person and a wise priest!”
“Prayerful support we want to give to highly esteemed father Alexander from Lugansk”, writes Natalia Zaika.
Priest Leonid Korenskoy says that the parish “has been praying for father Alexander so that God could give him the strength to endure these trials.”
According to the Union of Orthodox Journalists (UOJ), the Kharkov diocese presented a deep concern over the subject matter of the 1+1 channel, which accused the UOC cleric Alexander Kanevsky of separatist activity and misconduct.