Russian Orthodox Church priests destroy identity of deported Ukrainian children
DOXA reported that from the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian officials have been relocating children from orphanages and boarding schools in occupied Donetsk Oblast to Russia’s Rostov Oblast. There, Metropolitan Mercury (born Igor Ivanov) of Rostov and Novocherkassk visited the children, talking to them about the ROC and encouraging them to consider baptism into the church.
DOXA and Kidmapping found that children deported from occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts were housed in shelters run by the ROC in Russia's Voronezh Oblast. In these shelters, ROC clergy and associated officials held "military-patriotic" events aimed at promoting pro-Russian and pro-ROC sentiments, thereby distancing the children from their Ukrainian identities.
The ISW has highlighted the ROC's crucial role in executing the Kremlin's occupation plans in Ukraine. This role extends to the assimilation efforts targeting Ukrainian children who have been deported to Russia.
Maria Lvova-Belova, the Kremlin-appointed Commissioner on Children's Rights, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for her involvement in the deportation of Ukrainian children, is married to a ROC priest.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/06/5/7459233/
DOXA reported that from the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian officials have been relocating children from orphanages and boarding schools in occupied Donetsk Oblast to Russia’s Rostov Oblast. There, Metropolitan Mercury (born Igor Ivanov) of Rostov and Novocherkassk visited the children, talking to them about the ROC and encouraging them to consider baptism into the church.
DOXA and Kidmapping found that children deported from occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts were housed in shelters run by the ROC in Russia's Voronezh Oblast. In these shelters, ROC clergy and associated officials held "military-patriotic" events aimed at promoting pro-Russian and pro-ROC sentiments, thereby distancing the children from their Ukrainian identities.
The ISW has highlighted the ROC's crucial role in executing the Kremlin's occupation plans in Ukraine. This role extends to the assimilation efforts targeting Ukrainian children who have been deported to Russia.
Maria Lvova-Belova, the Kremlin-appointed Commissioner on Children's Rights, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for her involvement in the deportation of Ukrainian children, is married to a ROC priest.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/06/5/7459233/
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