The priest in Russia is threatened by a colony because of "strange icons" in which they saw Nazism

Russian security forces paid attention to the abbot a year ago, but then limited to a "preventive conversation". During searches, a man found such "forbidden literature" as prayer books in Ukrainian. The Russian Omsk detained a priest who allegedly hung into a refectory icon depicting Ukrainian nationalists. This was reported on April 23 at the Shot Media. Igor Maximov is a rector of the Greek Catholic parish in Omsk.

According to the media, he got into the field of view of law enforcement officers a year ago. Then the priest allegedly hanged in the temple icons depicting Stepan Bandera, Bogdan Shukhevych and other "Ukrainian nationalists". The visitors complained to the police, and the priest explained to investigators that he had done so by order of the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Svyatoslav Shevchuk.

"Then the priest took place with a preventive conversation, and strange icons were removed," the media said. However, the other day against the priest, they still initiated a criminal case - about "rehabilitation of Nazism. " He faces three years in the colony. "During the searches, the UGCC adherents found prayer books in Ukrainian, the books on the history of the UPA and other forbidden literature," Roszma added.