Simultaneous distribution and text uniformity proves a coordinated campaign. The task can be seen from the headline \u2013 on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy, to link the OCU to anti-Semitic statements and create the relevant noise,” the OCU spokesman wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n
Pro-Russian Ukrainian public figure Eduard Dolynsky, referring to comments voiced on a social network by an “OCU priest Savradym,\u201d said “the OCU priest has a negative attitude towards Jews.”<\/p>\n
According to the OCU spokesman, the church doesn\u2019t use such name as Savradym. The page, allegedly run by “OCU priest Savradym” is fake and contains doctored photos, while no one in the OCU\u2019s local diocese has ever heard of such a minister.<\/p>\n “Judging by the profile that uses a fictitious name, he is a Photoshop fan, which entertains his few friends. Among the photos he posted was the one where his face is superimposed on a police officer. “Photo” in the church outfit is also an OBVIOUSLY manipulated image. No other photos or information is available, including on where this “cleric” serves, where is his parish, and what is his church activity (photos from services, along with parishioners) \u2013 NOTHING of this kind. In the comments below the photo you can see that he just entertains himself and his commentators, calling himself a “priest” and “Father Savradym, an OCU clergyman,” the spokesman for the OCU emphasized.<\/p>\n According to Archbishop Yevstratiy, the fake OCU priest claims on Facebook that he was allegedly invited to the service by “Bishop Epifaniy.” And then he comments under one of the doctored photos, where he is shown “standing next to” Archbishop Job Getcha near the banner of the All-Orthodox Cathedral in 2016, writing that it is allegedly a “photo taken at the Lviv forum,” where next to him allegedly stands “Svyatoslav,” the Supreme Archbishop of the UGCC.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/df.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_17.jpg?resize=696%2C437&ssl=1\")