In the Orthodox Church of Vitebsk, as well as the area is actively spreading the newspaper "Our Orthodoxy". This is the official organ of the diocese of Vitebsk BOC (Moscow Patriarchate). Circulation - 1000 copies. The old rooms are distributed in churches for free. Editor is a well-known figure of the Russian movement Andrey Gerashchenko.
Activist campaign "Young Belarus", an Orthodox Alexander Halavan acquainted with the contents of the newspaper. "The publication prints an interview with Russian mercenaries - separatists from the ranks of" DNR "and" LC "on their pages and openly praises the participation of Orthodox believers in the armed conflict in Ukraine", - says Halavan.
One of the March issues of "Our Orthodoxy" printed material titled "The West can not accept the fact that Russia has strengthened". This is a conversation with Margaret Seidler, a citizen of Germany, who is fighting for militants "New Russia". Seidler recognizes that "adopted Christianity and became the ranks of the militia in the besieged Slavyansk, and then in Donetsk," and now fights out there, "not only against fascism, namely for the Orthodox faith".
Mercenaries are presented as "orthodox fighters ... they are the bravest ... they cover a fellow, ready to" lay down his life for his friends ", as it is written in the Scriptures." The non-participation of the Orthodox believers in the military conflict in Ukraine (the mouth of M. Seidler) "if the Orthodox faith and fatherland is in danger" is called sin.
"I think ... sin lay your hands and say," Well, I'm a believer, a pacifist, I can not take up arms. " Referred to as "militia" and himself puts it on a par with Alexander Nevsky and Sergius of Radonezh," - says a resident of Vitebsk Alexander Halavan.
Activist "Young Belarus" wonders are not subject whether these calls and "articles" to Article 123 of the Criminal Code - "war propaganda".
By the way, it is noteworthy that the chief editor of "Our Orthodoxy" is a Russian movement activist Andrei Gerashchenko. Previously, he worked as the head of the youth department of administration of the October district of Vitebsk. In his numerous materials he denied the existence of the Belarusian nation and the state. After a while, he was dismissed from bureaucratic positions.
Last year, during the appeal to the people and the parliament, Alexander Lukashenko mentioned a figure of Vitebsk, obviously implying Andrey Gerashchenko. Lukashenko expressed surprise that it has not yet been thrown out of Belarus. "These people must be treated as saboteurs," - said Lukashenko.
As you can see, in the diocese of Vitebsk such recommendations are not heeded, but on the contrary, was appointed to a managerial position Gerashchenko.
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