M'mawu ake pa Julayi 3, Metropolitan John wa ku Belgorod adakhala mtsogoleri woyamba wa Russia kunena kuti Ukraine ili pankhondo ndipo adapempha kuti kukhetsa magazi kuleke ndipo "malupanga asanduke zolimira." Adachita izi pambuyo poti zinyalala za mzinga wa ku Ukraine womwe zidalandidwa ndi asitikali aku Russia zidagwera panyumba ina ku Belgorod, ndikupha anthu atatu.
Ndipo makamaka, Metropolitan John adati:
"Masiku ano, maroketi a asitikali aku Ukraine agunda anthu okhala m'tulo ku Belgorod m'malo okhala. Ena mwa akufawo ndi anthu okhala m’dera la Kharkiv, amene anabwera kudzathawa nkhondo ya Belgorod yamtendere. Komabe, palibe amene akudziwa tsiku kapena ola limene moyo wathu wapadziko lapansi udzatha, palibe amene akudziwa mmene zidzachitikire ( Mat. 24:36-39 ). Tikuyitanitsa kupemphera kowonjezereka kuti akufa apumule ndi kuchiritsidwa kwa ovulala, komanso kutha kwa kukhetsa mwazi komwe kukuchitika pa nthaka ya ku Ukraine, koma zomwe lero zafika m'nyumba zathu. Ndi nthawi, malinga ndi mawu a m'Malemba Opatulika, "kusula malupanga kukhala zolimira" ( Yes. 2:4 ). Mulungu apulumutse amoyo onse ndi kubweretsa mtendere padziko lapansi.
Mpaka pano, patatha miyezi isanu nkhondo inayamba, ili ndilo mawu olimba mtima kwambiri a mtsogoleri wa ku Russia, omwe adadziwika kwambiri ndipo adayambitsa ndemanga zosiyanasiyana. Nazi zina mwa izo:
Vadim Yakunin, pulofesa wa mbiri yakale ku Samara State University komanso membala wa Academy of Military Sciences of the Russian Federation:
“Mkulu wa mzinda wa Belgorod John (Popov) anapempha kuti 'malupanga asanduke zolimira.' Ichi ndi chizindikiro chofunikira kwambiri - kwa okhulupirira ndi osakhulupirira, komanso kwa ndale. Chifukwa lero ROC ndi yosalekanitsidwa ndi ndale ndi boma, mwatsoka. Ndinadziwana ndi Bambo John chakumapeto kwa zaka za m’ma 90, pamene anabwera ku Togliatti. Inali nthawi yosiyana, kholo lina linalamulira tchalitchicho, ndipo linalekanitsidwadi ndi boma, ndipo akuluakulu ake anali antchito a tchalitchi chokha, koma osati a boma - mwanjira iliyonse. Munthu amatha kukambirana mosavuta ndi metropolitan (panthawiyo akadali bishopu) pa kapu ya tiyi, m'lingaliro lenileni la liwulo. Mitr. Ioan ndi wokonda nyimbo za rock ndipo wajambulapo nyimbo zake za rock popanda kuzikweza. Kuchokera mu 1994 mpaka kumapeto kwa 2021, anali mtsogoleri wa dipatimenti yaumishonale ya Tchalitchi cha Russian Orthodox.
Masiku ano, ngakhale kuti tchalitchi cha Orthodox cha ku Russia chimadalira boma, Metropolitan inanena kuti: “… nthaka, koma wafika kale m'nyumba zathu. Ndi nthawi, malinga ndi mawu a m'Malemba Opatulika, "kusula malupanga kukhala zolimira" ( Yes. 2:4 ). Mulungu apulumutse amoyo onse ndi kubweretsa mtendere padziko lapansi.
Awa ndi mawu ofunikira kwambiri, ophiphiritsa a m'modzi mwa atsogoleri apamwamba kwambiri a Tchalitchi cha Russian Orthodox. Komabe, pakadali pano, zikumveka ngati "mawu a wofuula m'chipululu" motsutsana ndi zomwe oimira akuluakulu a Moscow Patriarchate adanena. Mwachitsanzo, mtsogoleri wa Tchalitchi cha Russian Orthodox akubwereza pafupifupi ulaliki uliwonse kuti "Russia sinamenye aliyense", kuti "nkhondo zonse m'mbiri yathu zakhala zoteteza" komanso kuti "sanawononge dziko lachilendo" (koma zomwe zinachitika mu Hungary mu 1956 ndi ku Czechoslovakia mu 1968?)…
Ndi zomwe Mitr anachita. John, chiitano chake cha mtendere, chimaphatikizapo ntchito ndi ntchito ya atsogoleri achipembedzo. Ndipo sanganyalanyazidwe ndi akuluakulu aboma ndi anthu.”
Sergey Chapnin, katswiri wa zaumulungu ndi wofalitsa nkhani, yemwe kale anali mkonzi wamkulu wa Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate:
"Ambiri akutchula mawu a Metropolitan John, omwe adasindikizidwa dzulo dzulo patsamba la dayosizi, chitsanzo chodabwitsa cha zotsutsana ndi nkhondo. Kalanga, sindingathe kugawana nawo chidwi chambiri. Mawu achidule - ziganizo zisanu zokha - zinapangidwa m'mwezi wachisanu wa nkhondo (pasanakhale chete) komanso zokhudzana ndi imfa za anthu wamba m'chigawo cha Belgorod. Kodi metropolitan alibe chidwi ndi imfa ya anthu wamba m'dera loyandikana ndi Kharkiv? Kapena kodi sanazindikire kufikira pa July 3 kuti nkhondo inali kumenyedwa pamtunda wa makilomita angapo kuchokera kwawo? Kapena akuganiza motere: iyi ndi dayosizi yoyandikana nayo, sindidzasokoneza zinthu zake?
Inde, m'mawu ake, Metropolitan John adalankhula mwachindunji za nkhondoyo ndipo sanagwiritse ntchito mawu oti "special military operation (SVO)", zomwe ndi zovomerezeka kwa akuluakulu. Kodi izi zidachitika mwadala kapena chifukwa choyang'anira? Kodi ndi chenjezo kapena chinyengo? Ndizovuta kunena. Tiyeni tiwone ngati metropolitan sangaganizidwe kuti asinthe komanso ngati ofesi ya atolankhani ikonza mawuwo pambuyo pake.
Koma zindikirani: mzindawu sukufuna konse kuti kukhetsa magazi kuthe. Kumafuna “pemphero lamphamvu … kuti kukhetsa mwazi kutha pa nthaka ya ku Ukraine”, mwachitsanzo, ndi pemphero lokwanira, lomveka komanso lopembedza kwa Mulungu. Palibe ngakhale lingaliro lopembedzera anthu pamaso pa akuluakulu aku Russia omwe adayambitsa nkhondoyi ndipo atha kuithetsa. Komanso si pempho kwa asilikali a ku Russia omwe anapita kukamenyana ndi kupha m'dziko loyandikana nalo. Kudandaula kumeneku sikutchula aliyense dzina. Sindiona kulimba mtima kwakukulu podzudzula “kukhetsa mwazi” ndi kunena kuti nkhondo ndi yoipa. Sindingathe kukulangizani ndendende zomwe a Metropolitan anene, koma zomwe wanena ndizosakwanira. Kodi padzakhala chiganizo chachiwiri ndi chachitatu? Kodi padzakhala masitepe enieni? Tiwona. Kalanga, sindimakhulupirira kwambiri zimenezi.'
