Serhiy Chudynovych, a Kherson priest with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine who moved from the occupied city, says he is struggling when he hears people speaking Russian now.<\/p>\n
“I was a believer in theory, now I know for sure, I talk to God as I do to you, it’s an incomparable feeling when you lose complexes. Some Protestant churches have this focus on healing and liberation. I don’t know how they explain it there, but I like this phrase because I got rid of certain circumstances, I started to treat people completely differently, not everyone, though. For example, if I hear someone speaking Russian when I\u2019m around, I react very sharply to it, I literally can\u2019t breathe. Well, I respectfully ask if I have the strength, \u2018You don\u2019t want me to have a heart attack and die because of you, right?\u2019 \u2018What do I have to do with this?\u2019 Well, you see, my blood pressure will rise and there\u2019s no medication on me, and that\u2019s it\u2026\u2019 And sometimes I may say something sharper,” the OCU priest said in an interview with Ukrinform.<\/p>\n
At the same time, he admitted that he had become somewhat suspicious.<\/p>\n
“Internet bots are constantly coming at me, I changed my phone number, I don\u2019t return calls… Someone offers to bring me some gifts, offering to meet up somewhere in the Carpathians\u2026 There\u2019s plenty of strange things going on, some weird calls to my older numbers. I have a completely different relationship with God, I go outside every morning and look at the sky, I don’t even say anything to Him, I just think: let my actions be in line with Your will,\u201d said the priest.<\/p>\n
He noted that after he got out of the occupied area, underwent treatment in a hospital and rested, he experienced liberation.<\/p>\n
“You can go to the left, or you can go to the right, you can go anywhere you want \u2013 these are incredible things,” said the OCU priest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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