The propagandist priest of the Russian Orthodox Church accused Belgorod residents of flying around their city The odious Archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church Andrei Tkachev accused Belgorod residents who suffer from Putin’s “SVO” of praying to the wrong saint. 

Archpriest-propagandist of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Andrei Tkachev burst out with a scandalous statement regarding the shelling of Belgorod. He actually accused Belgorod residents of flying around their city. 

The priest published the corresponding video on his page on the social network VKontakte. The footage is available on the Ukraine 365 Telegram channel. Tkachev did not remember that before the start of aggression against Ukraine, Belgorod was a peaceful and calm city. Moreover, he did not demand that Moscow strengthen the air defense of the front-line region. Instead, he attacked the residents of Belgorod, accusing them of allegedly praying incorrectly. 

"And Belgorod should pray to Joasaph of Belgorod from morning to evening so that he would protect the city... And when Belgorod is bombed, I didn’t notice something, there is no such rush of prayer around Joasaph... In theory, Belgorod residents should have seen the light a long time ago and constantly perform prayer singing, religious processions, psalter readings, all sorts of kneeling, so that the Lord would have mercy on these Tetkino, Belgorod, Shebekino ,” the Russian priest said. 

Let us note that the Russian Orthodox Church has become a full-fledged ally of the Kremlin in the war against Ukraine. She is engaged in justifying this aggression, and is also actually engaged in recruiting new “cannon fodder”. Thus, Moscow Patriarch Kirill Gundyaev personally promised paradise to the Russian occupiers participating in the attack on Ukraine.