Filaret urged Trump to protect UOC-KP

Head of the UOC-KP Filaret Denisenko sent a letter of congratulations to Donald Trump on his inauguration as president of the United States, in which he called for the protection of the Kyiv Patriarchate and the right to function freely. Denisenko hopes that Trump will help restore the registration of the UOC-KP in Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the organization on Facebook.

“I hope that during your cadence, strategic cooperation between our countries will continue and the rights of the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate to freedom of conscience will be protected. And our Church will resume its legal registration with the state authorities of Ukraine and will be able to live freely and fulfill its salvation mission,” – Denisenko wrote.

Earlier, the co-chair of the National Federation of Young Republicans, Katherine Whiteford, warned the persecutors of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the coming retribution if they do not repent and stop persecuting canonical Orthodoxy in Ukraine. Whiteford said that thanks to Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, the persecution of Christians, especially the UOC believers, will soon be stopped in the world.