@shalt_not_kill Is there a way to contact Fr. Koval?
"Keep cutting deliberately through political lines and barriers and emphasizing the fact that these are largely fabrications and that there is another dimension, a genuine reality, totally opposed to the fictions of politics." ~ Thomas Merton x.com/shalt_not_kill/status/1657021132988399619
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Copy of Tweet thread: Christians Against War 11.05.2023 Moscow diocesan court took decision to defrock priest Ioann Koval, who prayed for peace instead of victory. The decision will come into force approval by Patr.Kirill. It remains unknown, which canonical violations were imputed on the priest. He was suspended 2.02.2023. Christians Against War In the prayer For Holy Rus he replaced the word ‘victory’ with ‘peace’ : Instead of «Arise, O God, to help Thy people, and give us victory by Thy power» he was saying: «Arise, O God, to help Thy people, and give us peace by Thy power.» The parishioners of his church reported him.
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Copy ot Tweet thread: Christians Against War Criminal cases against conscientious objectors in Ukraine since February 2022, which were handed by courts and who were suspended prison sentences and terms of probation. See thread (according to Forum 18).1279 Christians Against War 1) 18 May 2022, Andrii Kucher, Mukachevo, suspended 4-year jail term; 2) 21 June 2022, Dmytro Kucherov, Oleksandriia (Kirovohrad Region), suspended 3-year jail term; 3) 17 August 2022, Oleksandr Korobko, Mukachevo, suspended 3-year jail term; Christians Against War 4) 22 August 2022, Maryan Kapats, Mukachevo, suspended 3-year jail term; 5) 2 December 2022, Andrii Martiniuk, Snyatin (Ivano-Frankivsk Region), suspended 3-year jail term; 6) 3 February 2023, Hennady Tomniuk, Ivano-Frankivsk, suspended 3-year jail term.