EDITOR’S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). Metropolitan Longin is a beloved hierarch in Western Ukraine, under the Moscow Patriarchate, serving in a mostly Romanian region at the border of Northern Romanian with Western Ukraine (called Bancheny). He was considered a hero for his work, for adopting 100 children and doing a lot of God’s work. But since he insisted on staying under the Canonical Church (UOC) he has been prosecuted by the fascist Zelensky regime. His lawyer was poisoned, and he himself was also poisoned and is facing, as a result, a myriad of health problems. The most recent episode in his prosecution is that his house was burnt…
January 12, 2024, n.stamatakis@aol.com www.helleniscope.com
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HOUSE OF PERSECUTED METROPOLITAN LONGIN GOES UP IN FLAMES IN WESTERN UKRAINE
Bukovina, Ukraine, January 3, 2024
Photo: spzh.news
His Eminence Metropolitan Longin of Bancheny, a beloved hierarch of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, has suffered a severe deterioration of his health under the pressure of the state’s persecution against him.
And now the hierarch, who is also the abbot of the Holy Ascension Monastery in Bancheny and adoptive father of hundreds of orphans, has suffered another loss.
Early yesterday morning, January 2, His Eminence’s house in Bukovina went up in flames, reports the First Cossack.
Thankfully, the Metropolitan was not harmed, but the roof of the house was destroyed and the structure is no longer suitable for living in.
Locals are certain it was a case of arson.
Though officially recognized as a Hero of Ukraine for having adopted hundreds of orphans, the state now considers him an enemy because he staunchly remains within the Orthodox Church. He is accused of “inciting religious enmity”—the same phony charge being brought against a number of Orthodox hierarchs.
His Eminence has suffered several severe health incidents since the state launched its campaign against him. He suffered a stroke back in July, and he was admitted to the hospital last month with atrial fibrillation, after which he underwent heart surgery. In late December, the Metropolitan’s car was unjustifiably detained and searched. Following the incident, his condition worsened and he experienced a heart arrhythmia.
Armed security forces surrounded and searched his monastery in November, scaring the orphans who live there. Furthermore, His Eminence’s previous lawyer, Valentin Sukhari, died from poisoning in November.
Hundreds of Orthodox faithful in both Bucharest and Chișinău have rallied outside their respective Ukrainian embassies in support of Met. Longin, who is ethnically Romanian.
Floods are no longer sufficient for repentance and a “refresh” of Church hierarchy to take place…we are heading down the path of volcanos and meteorites…
Met Longin is an angel on earth living his life through Christ and fulfilling what the Lord expects us all to do. God bless him!
Elder Justin Parvu
Those who still struggle today to awaken their brother, who have not remained indifferent to the future of a nation and a church, those are the children of the love of God, who lay their lives down for their brethren…
It is important to oppose all аntісhrіsts and die with dignity; not to have a cowardly position.