U-Alexander Novopashin ungumpriste omkhulu owaziwayo ezweni owengamele iCathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky eNovosibirsk, Western Siberia, futhi uyilungu leSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseRussia, I-Moscow Patriarchate.
Ukuze asekele "umsebenzi wezempi okhethekile" waseRussia e-Ukraine kanye nezenzo zakhe zokulwa nenkolo, u-Sergey Kiriyenko, ummeleli wokuphatha kukamongameli waseRussia, wamnikeza i-Order of Friendship kulo nyaka, egameni likaVladimir Putin ngokwakhe.
NgoJanuwari 2, uNoopashin wanikeza "Intshumayelo e- I-Divine Liturgy Yeviki Ngaphambi Kokuzalwa KukaKristu. "
Ukudweba umdwebo ezintshumayelweni zika-St. John of Kronstadt (uMphristi Omkhulu waseRussia owashona ngo-1908). Umpristi omkhulu usikhumbuza ukuthi uNkulunkulu unikeze umsebenzi onzima “ukugcina nokuphindaphinda ithalenta eliyigugu lenkolo yama-Orthodox kuphela esindisayo” kubantu baseRussia ngoba “abantu bakaNkulunkulu abakhethiwe".
Bese:
"Ake sizwe ukuthi uthini umprofethi omkhulu uJohn waseKronstadt: “IRussia iphazamisekile, iyahlupheka, ihlushwa impi yangaphakathi echitha igazi, ukungahloniphi, nokuwohloka okukhulu kokuziphatha. Akukuhle! Abantu sebephenduke izilo ngisho nemimoya yamademoni. Izono zezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zigcwele ekuphileni kwansuku zonke. Ukuhlambalaza, ukungakholelwa kuNkulunkulu, nokuhlubuka sekusakazeke cishe yonke indawo ekilasini lezifundiswa. Ukuziphatha okubi kwansuku zonke sekuyinto evamile, futhi izincwadi nemithombo yezindaba kugcwele izilingo."
Umpristi omkhulu waqhubeka, “Yilokhu kanye umphakathi waseRussia obhekene nakho njengamanje".
Empeleni ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili ngo-December 30, iphephandaba uNoopashin waxoxwa naye Uzalo lwabantu baseRussia (iphephandaba laseRussia elikhuthaza ukubusa kwe-autocracy, orthodoxy, kanye nobuzwe baseRussia). Ephendula imibuzo yentatheli mayelana ne "Special Operation e-Ukraine", uthe:
"Ngiyethemba futhi ngiyakholwa ukuthi iNkosi ngeke isishiye. Senza isenzo esihle: asilwi Ukraine kanye nama-Ukrainian, kodwa umbono wamaNazi wamazimuzimu, ogqilaze izingqondo zabantu abaningi. Angisekeli nje kuphela, kodwa nginesiqiniseko sokuthi impi yenkululeko yayidingeka nje. Futhi mhlawumbe ngaphambili kakhulu.
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Izwe liyahlanzwa udoti, ngeshwa, obeluhamba ngezinyawo. Ngethemba ukuthi lokhu kusazoqhubeka.
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Sithandaza kuNkulunkulu futhi silwela ukwenza izwe lakithi linqobe imimoya emibi esabalele emhlabeni wonke. Futhi umphakathi wethu, maye, wawugcwele imimoya emibi yemibono nengokwenyama. Umsebenzi uwukusihlambulula emimoyeni emibi ukuze kube lula ukuphefumula."
Ukuhlanza iRussia imimoya emibi kuyisenzo esibaluleke kakhulu eKremlin namuhla. Singathanda nje ukuthi basebenzise i-USSR edumile "ukuzigxeka" kubo ... Khona-ke mhlawumbe ukuhlanza kungaba imvuselelo ejabulisayo.
Ihlaya eceleni, u-Alexander Novopashin futhi ungummeleli osemthethweni we I-FECRIS, inhlangano yesambulela yaseFrance emelene namahlelo ixhaswe nguhulumeni waseFrance. Muva nje, ngoNovemba, 82 Izazi ezivelele Ukraine zabhalela uMongameli French Macron ukumcela ukuthi aqede uxhaso lwe-FECRIS yizwe laseFrance. Kungase kube isikhathi sokuthi amaFulentshi alalele…