Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) -UOC (MP)

On 29th December, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) published the results of a poll of all of Ukraine concerning people's attitudes to the UOC MP. A total of 1,010 Ukrainians took part in the survey:

12% Do nothing and do not interfere in the affairs of the UOC MP. Investigate only the offences of individual representatives of the UOC MP, if such offences occur.

24% Establish state supervision and control the activities of the UOC MP and its representatives, but do not ban it completely.

54% Completely ban the UOC-MP in Ukraine

9% Hard to say.

Pie chart from: https://informator.ua/uk/chi-pidtrimuyut-ukrajinci-zaboronu-upc-mp-opituvannya (article in Ukrainian, Russian translation available)

I'm still torn: I can see the effects of the propaganda on UOC (MP) adherents, but also banning the church just gives ammunition to those propagandists and makes those adherents feel attacked. They can't ignore that approximately 4% of Ukrainians belong to the UOC (MP) and they should have the right to practise their religion. My heart says "do nothing" but my head says the Ukrainian government has every right to ban a Russian collaborative organization during a time of war.

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After cats looking livid at being rescued, my second favourite genre of Ukrainian war photography is the blurred pictures released by Ukrainian Prosecutors' Offices. Today, the SBU posted this one which covers both: the suspected treason by priests in the UOC (MP).

I have questions. Is the cat blurred because it has committed a crime or because it is a victim? If he is a criminal, what did he do? If victim, how can we support him?

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