source – orthochristian.com
Persecuted Metropolitan Longin hospitalized after another court session (+VIDEO)
Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Province, Ukraine, October 31, 2024
Photo: Bancheny Monastery (Telegram)
His Eminence Metropolitan Longin had to be hospitalized again yesterday after another session of the state’s persecutorial campaign against him.
Like many other hierarchs and clerics, Met. Longin faces trumped up charges of “inciting religious enmity.” 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.
His Eminence has suffered several severe health incidents since the state launched its campaign against him. He suffered a stroke last July, and he was admitted to the hospital in December with atrial fibrillation, after which he underwent heart surgery. Later that month, his car was unjustly detained and he suffered a heart arrhythmia due to the stress.
His Eminence was physically attacked in his home in late January and had to undergo emergency eye surgery.
In February, he underwent another heart procedure. In August, he was admitted to the ICU after a car accident.
And during his court session yesterday, the staunch hierarch became visibly ill and had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance, the Holy Ascension-Bancheny Monastery reports.
Met. Longin asked for a break until the following day when he began to feel ill, but the judge refused.
Video from court shows His Eminence’s poor state:
This man has endured enough. He has desperately been trying to keep his orphans living together since the beginning of this war. Many were sent to fight in the front lines, and were killed. Many are disabled. What about the Jewish Atty who’s defending Met Onuphiry? Can’t he help Father Longin too?
Please someone help this man before it’s too late….
Team Jesus,
Yes, Attorney Amsterdam has posted about the condition of the Metropolitan Longhin recently on his X account, regarding this ICU hospitalization. Amsterdam has been defending the entire UOC, not just Metr. Onuphiy.
I wonder how much US dollars this judge is paid to destroy a holy man of God…
Thanks for the update. I pray for Met Longin’s speedy recovery and an end to this horror! We’re almost at 200 billion US dollars collectively.
Why aren’t the Orthodox faithful in the US up in arms about this? Our silence makes us accomplices. Everyone needs to flood Elpi’s office with phone calls.
I agree, but if you are familiar with the petition to stop the persecution of UOC, only around 5000 people signed it! Worldwide!
I thought a lot more people would sign and this is a sign of the poor state we are in, as Christians. No salt. So the rest of the world has been and continues to be sleeping. If anyone wants to write a letter that many of us sign, I am for it. It can’t hurt. But unless there are massive numbers of people signing it, it will accomplish nothing or very little, just like that petition. As long as the cash flow to Elpi and Barto is not interrupted, the persecution will continue.
A crucifixion on a noble holy man while the devil Elpi & Black Bart live high off hog
Anathema!
Bartholomew and his “fans” gladly commemorate Epiphanios…but how many of them even considered sending a “get well card” to Longin, knowing that his ailments are largely their own fault? Fire and brimstone can’t be too far away…
Oh, but wait…This week’s Synaxarion has an interesting commemoration of “falling ash” upon Constantinople…
https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/11/commemoration-of-falling-of-ash-from.html
https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/04/volcanic-ashes-of-constantinople-in-472.html
What exactly will the Patriarchate be commemorating on this “day of remembrance of the Judgement and wrath of God”?
Hey Helleniscope ..let me try this moderated post to fulfill Marcos and Sandy request to send a meaningful “card or petition” to those who truly can help the Clergy of the Ukraine! Don’t you agree , Helleniscope … the reward for cooperating with God…is eternal life, however cooperating with the devil ..only gets you “30 pieces of Silver”!
Sandy , Team Jesus and Marcos, what petition are you talking about? And who are you sending it to? And who are the perpetrators and conspirators of these heinous fascist policies and crimes, not only in the Ukraine , but Palestine, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, And who have remained silent to these atrocities! And Sandy and Team Jesus ..more importantly, who have the power to legally not only stop all these atrocities by the Regimes of Zelensky and Netanyahue , and join the international community in prosecuting them at the ICC courts at the Hague! Apparently, you all have been convinced by Helleniscope , that the devil responsible for these attrocities has solely been Bartholomew and leaders of the Greek Orthodox church, who have been silent to these crimes , and somehow you beleive that cutting the flow of money to Bartholomew will stop these crimes ! The truth is that ruling and dominant Evangelical Christian and Jewish leaders of the Republican and Democratic Zionist parties and MSM of America control all the flow of money and arms to Zelensky and Netanyahue, not only remain silent to their crimes , but aid and abett it!
I can answer all the questions I asked you ..and Helleniscope can fulfill your request for a Petition , which I awhile back sent to the appropriate parties responsible for all these crimes, Please make copies and distribute to Elpidophoros, your local republican and democratic congressman, and Jewish and Evangelical leaders of the ruling Republican and Democratic party…who you are electing to office ..like Donald Trump and Kamala Harris…..
Petition
To
Republican Congressman Tom Kean Jr. and Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey and the Republican National Committee
Mission of Petition :
Petition demanding the condemnation of the “Terrorism and Persecution” of the Ukrainian Orthodox Christian Churches and its faithful by the Neo Nazi Regime of the Ukraine in violation of Domestic , International and Constitutional laws of America and the Nuremburg Tribunal trials reference nazi crimes against religious orders which included… persecution and Terrorism of Jewish Temples and Rabbi”s considered “Marxist loyalist of Stalinist Russia in 1944!
Furthermore , continued funding of the Neo Nazi Regime of Ukraine with billions of dollars from the Christian Treasury of America… makes you and the U.S. Congress accessories to “Act of Terrorism and War crimes” against the Orthodox Christian Churches and Faithful of the Ukraine , no different than those perpetrated by the Nazi regime of Germany in 1944.
Furthermore, in failing to Publically condemn the Zelensky regime and continue to aid his atrocities , you have colluded with the Media to “Defraud the American Electorate to believe that they are supporting a “Righteous War” against the Russian Federation to defend the Human rights and Freedoms of the “Democracy of the Ukraine !
When in fact .. all evidence suggest that the “State department of the U.S has perpetrated with the Zelensky Regime false and without evidence claims that ” Ukrainian Orthodox Christian Churches , Nuns , Monks, and Clergy are “Russian Sabatuers dressed up like Priests” in order to impose “Fascist Policies ” that oppress like Nazi Germany the human and religious rights of the religious order of the Orthodox Church of the Ukraine!
Petition Statement …
“The Greek-speaking world has always prided itself on its devotion to the faith of Christ and the Orthodox Church. As such, it is of extreme importance that we must raise our voices to condemn the barbaric persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its most important shrine, that of the Kiev Caves Lavra. From the strict point of view of canon law and Orthodox ecclesiology the Ukrainian Orthodox synod of Metropolitan Onuphry is the canonical Church of Ukraine. There is a schismatic entity called ‘Orthodox Church of Ukraine’ which lacks canonicity, catholicity, and apostolicity. Its creation is in fact highly irregular and problematic and threatens to destroy Orthodox unity.
From a democratic standpoint, religious freedom and freedom of conscience are extremely important. This means that each individual has the right to follow whatever religion or faith that they like. In Greece for example, individuals may worship within the canonical Church of Greece, or they may worship among the old calendar churches. Or they may attend Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or Muslim services. The point is they have the right to worship as they like.
The Ukrainian government has effectively decided to outlaw the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. These are outright ” fascist policies” that target an entire group of people because they worship within the Ukrainian Orthodox Church which was always recognized by all Orthodox Churches (including Constantinople) as the canonical Church of Ukraine until 2018. The decision of individuals to worship within the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is a basic human right supported by the right to religious freedom and freedom of conscience.
The Ukrainian government has been seeking to evict over two hundred monks from the Kiev Caves Lavra, the holiest site in Ukraine. Kiev reasons that because the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is under the omophorion of the Patriarchate of Moscow there must be some sort of sinister political designs at work. This is like saying that Greek Orthodox in America and those parts of Greece (Crete, the Dodecanese islands, Mount Athos) that are under the Ecumenical Patriarchate must have some secret loyalty to the Turkish government.
Were Roman Catholics around the world disloyal to their own countries when Mussolini was in power, or when Rome was under Nazi occupation? We should remember that the Turkish government has in the past accused the Ecumenical Patriarchate of having political designs and has bestowed a policy of repression upon it.
The Greek speaking Orthodox churches must find their voices and must condemn the oppression of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The Greek Churches should remember the bravery of martyred Patriarch-Saint Gregory V, Metropolitan Chrysostom of Smyrna, Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens, and the late and beloved Archbishop Christodoulos who always spoke out against injustice. ”
Signed ……….. Greek Orthodox Steward and Constituent of District 7 of New Jersey
Only Karakostas , Tucker Carlson and some Republican Christian Conservatives have spoken up against Zelensky and the aiding and abetting of his “fascist Policies” by Joe Biden and U.S Congress in funding him, but is enough for now ..to end the holocaust of Orthodox Christians of Ukraine!
Michael,
The petition to Stop persecution of UOC is on Orthodox Reflections and I believe it is still active but in only gathered about 5000 signatures in like a year, so truly pathetic:
https://orthodoxreflections.com/free-uoc/#petition
Thank you Sandy. Unfortunately not enough signed it. Most in our parishes are rooting for the other side. Collective prayers, God is listening.
Team Jesus:
I am sure that millions of people are praying. It happened the next day after they celebrated the St. Martyr Longinus. I was afraid we will lose him that day. To make things worse, one of his adopted sons is also in ICU. This photo has been posted in other places as well:
https://spzh.live/en/news/82845-uoc-lawyer-amsterdam-shares-photo-of-metropolitan-longin-in-intensive-care