Top corrupt official Chernyshov turned out to be the curator of the idea of Phanar's exarchate for the UOC, - mass media

Events in the church sector of Ukraine are developing as dynamically as in the political sector, and one news story just catches up with another! The publication «Religion in Ukraine» revealed the real reasons for the intercession of the exarch of the Phanar in Ukraine Mikhail Anishchenko for the top corrupt official Oleksiy Chernyshov, who was released from imprisonment in pre-trial detention center on bail of 51 million hryvnias! It turns out that Chernyshov was the curator of the idea of a Phanar exarchate for the UOC, with which the «Sophia Brotherhood» and other sympathizers are carrying on.

Here is what the publication writes:

«The appearance of Exarch Michael in court became a sensation and because of public excitement led to numerous manipulations and conspiracy theories. «Religion in Ukraine» asked the vladyka for a comment on what prompted him to do so. The exarch explained that he made a request to elect a preventive measure for Chernyshov, guided solely by Christian principles and personal experience of interaction with him. He emphasized that he knew Chernyshov from a positive side in the professional religious sphere, but refrained from any assessment of his guilt or innocence with regard to his activities in the energy sector — this is the exclusive competence of the court. Such a step of the lord, according to him, was a conscious one: he understood the possible risks, but he put his moral and Christian position in the first place».

And just yesterday Anishchenko said that he was asked to act as a guarantor by Chernyshov’s assistants, while he barely knew him. There’s more:

«In the spring of this year, Chernyshov was given authority in the religious sphere within the Ministry of Unity . At that time, his support from many religious organizations was obvious and even demonstrative. …. Chernyshov is associated with the idea of an Ecumenical Patriarchate exarchate for the UOC. Indeed, he presented this idea to the Ecumenical Patriarch as one of the possible constructive ways to settle the Ukrainian religious issue.»

And finally, Religion in Ukraine, which also advocates the idea of an «exarchate for the UOC,» drives the final nails into Anishchenko’s already dubious reputation:

«At the same time, it is important to emphasize that Vladyka Michael has never considered the possible creation of an exarchate as his own career move. He does not associate this structure with the prospect of solely his own leadership and does not seek personal gain from its formation.»

No, no! Of course Anishchenko did not consider the creation of the exarchate as his own career move. We believe. We willingly believe.