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Believer EVGENIYA MAYBORODA, Russian Orthodox Church (town of Shakhty, Rostov oblast)
Evgeniya Mayboroda, b. 1952, a pensioner; a believer of the Russian Orthodox Church, town of Shakhty, Rostov oblast. She spoke out against the war in Ukraine on the VK social network, also referring to a Christian point of view. Mayboroda’s VK page consisted of Orthodox postcards and images with anti-war appeals and criticism of the […]
Верующая ЕВГЕНИЯ МАЙБОРОДА, РПЦ (г. Шахты, Ростовская область)
Евгения Майборода, 1952 г. р., верующая Русской Православной Церкви из г. Шахты Ростовской области. Выступала против войны в Украине в социальной сети «Вконтакте», в том числе с христианской точки зрения. На странице Майбороды во «Вконтакте» в основном содержались православные открытки и картинки с антивоенными призывами и критикой властей РФ. В 2022 году она выкладывала в соцсетях […]
Believer VLADIMIR ANANICH, Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow, Russia)
Vladimir Ananich, an Orthodox believer, pensioner; for many years – a publisher of Christian literature. On 31 March 2022, he came to Red Square in Moscow with a single picket. He held a homemade placard: «Peave to Ukraine! Sanity, horror, shame, repentance – to Russia! Hell – to Putin!» Was detained. On 12 May 2022, […]
Верующий ВЛАДИМИР АНАНИЧ, РПЦ (г. Москва, Россия)
Владимир Ананич, православный верующий, пенсионер, долгое время издавал христианскую литературу. 31 марта 2022 года вышел на Красную площадь с одиночным пикетом. В руках держал самодельный плакат с лозунгами: «Украине — мир! России — вменяемость, ужас, стыд, покаяние! Путину — ад!» Подвергся задержанию. 12 мая 2022 года в Тверском суде г. Москвы при участии судьи Семиной […]
IGOR ORLOVSKY, Russian Orthodox Church (Krasnoyarsk)
Igor Orlovsky – an Orthodox believer from Krasnoyarsk, publicist, speleologist, and worker. Studied at the Moscow Theological Seminary. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he started writing indignant anti-war comments on the VK social network. Several weeks later during the monitoring of social networks, police officers discovered two comments. One of them, […]
Rev. ANDRII CHUI, Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Donetsk oblast, occupied Ukraine)
Rev. Andrii Chui, a priest of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the Russia-occupied Donetsk oblast (so-called Donetsk People’s Republic); lived under occupation since 2014. Rev. Chui was detained with another priest of the OCU, Rev. Khristofor Khrimli. On 22 September 2023, for allegedly committing an administrative offence under Part 5 of Article 5.26 of […]
Rev. KHRISTOFOR (KHRIMLI), Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Donetsk oblast, occupied Ukraine)
Rev. Khristofor Khrimli, secular name Vyacheslav Khrimli, a priest of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the Russia-occupied Donetsk oblast (so-called Donetsk People’s Republic); lived under occupation since 2022. Rev. Khrimli was detained with another priest of the OCU, Rev. Andrii Chui. His arrest became known on 17 September 2023. On 22 September 2023, for […]
VALENTIN KHOROSHENIN, Catholic Church (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Valentin Khoroshenin (b. 2001), a Catholic believer from St. Petersburg, member of the Vesna (Spring) youth movement, a political prisoner. After the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vesna became the coordinator of anti-war protests. In May 2022, the first criminal case was opened against some members of the movemnet under the article […]
Archpriest ALEXEY UMINSKY, Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow)
Archpriest Alexey Uminsky (b. 1960), from 1993 to early 2024 — rector of the Life-Giving Trinity church in Khokhly, Moscow, Russia; a Christian publicist. Very Rev. Uminsky refused to read the Prayer for Holy Rus’ for the ‘victory’ of the Russian army over Ukraine. He spoke in the media with an anti-war position. For example, […]
Rev. ALEXEY VTULOV, Russian Orthodox Church (Podolsk district, Moscow oblast)
Rev. Alexey Yurievich Vtulov (b. 1971), formerly a priest at the Sign of the Blessed Virgin Mary church in the Dubrovitsy village, Podolsk district, Moscow oblast, Russia. Rev. Vtulov refused to read the Prayer for Holy Rus’ for the ‘victory’ of the Russian army over Ukraine. On 15 December 2023, a meeting of the eparchal […]