Washington, D.C., February 18, 2025
Photo: mospat.ru
A documentary focusing on the current persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Christians by Ukrainian authorities was shown in Washington, D.C. last week.
On Thursday, February 13, Christ’s People in Our Time by the famous Serbian director Emir Kusturica, was shown at the Russian embassy in the American capital, reports the Russian Church’s Department for External Church Relations.
The film describes the persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church under His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, as well as the oppression of the rights of Christians around the world. Hierarchs, clergy, philosophers, and others from countries around the world share their thoughts and perspective on the issue in the film.
Fr. Igor Vyzhanov (left), Fr. Victor Potapov (right). Photo: mospat.ru
By special invitation, the screening was attended by Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov, Dean of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, and Archpriest Victor Potapov, Rector of St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cathedral (ROCOR) in Washington.
The event was also attended by representatives of foreign countries, Russian officials, journalists, and others.
There was also an exhibition about the victory over Nazi invaders in World War II and the crimes of the current regime in Kiev.
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