Raiders Forcibly Seize Ukrianian Orthodox Church in Netishyn, Ukraine as Police Demand Believers Provide Identification to Worship at Lavra and Zelenksy Visits Bartholomew.
Religious terror continues as radicals wage war on Ukrianian Christians as Zelensky poses in a t shirt in front of Bartholomew's throne in Istanbul and crackdowns target the Lavra Fortress.
From the Union of Orthodox Journalists and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church:
The UOC posted the following footage:
Additional videos of the forced seizure of the UOC parish in Netishyn, Khmelnitsky:
Crackdown Continues at Lavra Fortress
On July 8/9, armed police required Ukrainian Christians to provide identity documents to enter the Holy Site for worship:
A young male police officer laughed at an elderly Christian woman suggesting he rely on God, and not Satan, when times get hard:
Young armed men in marching hats face off against nuns at the Lavra Fortress (July 9, 2023):
Zelensky Visits Bartholomew in Istanbul
On July 8, Zelenksy visited Bartholomew in Istanbul, posing in front of Bartholomew's throne as rumors spread that Bartholomew may attempt to seize the Lavra Caves from the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. This would be anagolous to Pat. Kirill deciding to independently enter an agreement with a Greek politician to take control of Mt. Athos. Orthodoxy does no allow one individual to make decisions for the entire Church or to seize parishes from another Patriache's canonical jurisdiction or to make agreements with secular politicians to acquire Orthodox monasteries or parishes from other canonical jurisdictions. With the vast majority of Orthodox Patriaches (represent the majority of the Orthodox Christians in the world) opposed to Bartholomew's decision to grant autocephalous status to the OCU, it is doubtful Bartholomew bringing Lavra under his jurisdiction would garner much support in the global Orthodox community.
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“and to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, ’These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword:
“I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. and you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth (Rev. 2:12-16).”
“Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you.
For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for alla these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. and there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake.
And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.
Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.
And because lawlessness will abound, the lo of many will grow cold.
But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
“Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand),
“then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.
And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.
But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!
And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.
“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it.
For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
See, I have told you beforehand.
“Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.
For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not given its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory..And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other (Matt 24:3-31).