Can religious beliefs prevent serving in the army: UGCC was answered

According to the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the concept of faith should not be an obstacle to joining the ranks of the army. You cannot refer to your religious beliefs and refuse to perform military service. In Ukraine, general mobilization is taking place against the background of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Due to religious beliefs, some Ukrainians refuse to use weapons.

The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), the Supreme Archbishop of Kyiv-Halytsky Blessed Svyatoslav in an interview with Glavkom, told about it. He stressed that religious beliefs should not be an obstacle to joining the army. The church actively advises believers to reject the mobilization and participate in the protection of the Motherland. "Defense of the Motherland is a natural right and holy duty of a citizen. The church here cannot be completely interfered with.

On the contrary, accompanies their faithful in their duty to defend their homeland. Our military chaplains go with our people into the same army. We We support our army, "he said. The archbishop also expressed his opinion on cases where believers make arguments in court, claiming that their belief in God prevents them from performing military service.

He noted that according to the Christian doctrine of the war and the peace, which is professed by the Catholic Church, religious beliefs are not grounds for refusing service. He stressed that one cannot refer to his religious beliefs in this case and refuse to perform military service. We will remind, lawyer Roman Simutin explained the amendments made by parliamentarians about granting a deferral from conscription. The media explained how to get a deferral from mobilization to a military person.