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The UOC -MP accused journalists of disseminating false information and seeking t...

"From birth Ukrainian": Metropolitan Onufri denies the presence of Russian citizenship

The UOC -MP accused journalists of disseminating false information and seeking that the SBU did not reach such a conclusion during numerous checks. The head of the UOC MP Metropolitan Onufri denies the presence of him and other representatives of the Church of the Russian Federation. The relevant statement appeared today, April 7. The UOC MP has accused journalists of disseminating invalid information. "Blessed Metropolitan Onufrius is a citizen of Ukraine from birth and passports of other states.

Part of the mentioned in the video (investigation of the UP, which referred to Russian citizenship The court is required to restore their Ukrainian citizenship because they do not have another, "the statement said. They added that the SBU repeatedly conducted inspections of the UOC MP ministers, and such conclusions did not come.

"Since, the SBU has repeatedly stated that she checked all the bishops of the UOC for the presence of dual citizenship, and did not cancel Ukrainian citizenship in other bishops mentioned in the plot, the information provided in the video footage cannot be corresponding to reality," - added there. We will remind, today, April 7, journalists of Ukrainian Truth published an investigation, based on which the head of the UOC MP Onufri and 20 priests found passports of the Russian Federation.

In early January 2023 it became known that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stopped Ukrainian citizenship 13 priests of the UOC MP. According to journalistic sources, it is about 13 representatives of the church. Among them, according to the media, is Metropolitan Tulchinsky and Bratslav Ionafan, whom the Security Service of Ukraine suspects a state treason. In addition, in early October it was reported that the rector of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was detained on the border with smuggling.