Some brief exhibits of contemporary religion in Ukraine. We can see the transformation of religion there. We see the sacramentalization of nationalism:
A
Here is a video by Union of Orthodox Journalists of what Ukrainian nationalists are up to inside of churches:
I would recommend turning on CC and Auto-translate to see what the narrator's saying.
Note the folk song that the schismatics sing inside the Church at 55 seconds. It's not a Liturgical song. It is about killing Muscovites, and it is nothing new. Everyone in the know, knew about these sentiments. Ukrainian nationalists were a threat to all pro-Russian people in Ukraine before the war.
At 1:46 there is a video of things going on in a Uniate church. They're singing folk songs and playing instruments in their church. Not Liturgical. These are the people that birthed Ukrainian nationalism.
Later in the video, Uniates can been seen performing a Pagan folk rite at their church.
B
Here is an "icon" that Ukrainian nationalists created recently. It depicts Stepan Bandera, Symeon Petrliura, and other nationalists on the right. Andriy Sheptytsky, a leading Uniate bishop who was a major supporter, promoter, and spreader of Ukrainian nationalism, is in the red vestments in the front. Taras Shevchenko, the Liberal Romantic poet, is depicted on the left, along with cossacks.
Interestingly, St. Metropolitan Petr Mogila is depicted on the left, without a halo. The icon is a conundrum, as it includes both Orthodox and Uniates.
C
Another "icon" in a Uniate church. Recognize who it is?
D
Orthodox foreign policy expert Jim Jatras posted this video clip of an exhibition put on by schismatics. Does this look appropriate for a Church?
Statement:
Once again, the historical archetypes repeat.
1.) Moscow, in spite of its own sins, defends Orthodoxy and allows the Church to exist. The national consciousness grows around the Church; not using the Church as a prop for some national vision, but rather the opposite: building the nation around the Church.
2.) The elites of Ukraine westernize and apostatize from Orthodoxy. This was true in the Medieval period where the entire upper class Polonized itself. It is true now. This is a geopolitical reality when those lands are separated from Moscow, whether they are independent or direct vassalages of western powers.
This pattern keeps repeating, over and over again. When the Russian Empire reunited the Russias, these problems didn't exist. Muscovite Tsars and Dukes had their own faults and are not beyond criticism, but their deeds and the state that they built objectively supported Orthodoxy. The national vision they built preserves and builds Orthodoxy.
This is the historical truth. This is why Russophilia is morally superior to Ukrainianism, both theoretically, and with respect to utilitarianism. Ukrainianism is always a tool of heterodoxy. It is the child of Uniates, and when it dresses up as "Orthodox" it is schismatic.
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