The Russian priest who prayed for peace will now face a church court.
Vicar from Moscow Alexey Uminsky faces a church court because he refused to read a prayer for the invasion of Russia.
It will work out On the Telegram channel of the published document. The opposition newspaper has also reported on Uminski’s trial Medusa.
The trial starts today, Thursday. Uminski is accused of a violation during the liturgy, because he refused to read the Holy Russian prayer.
The prayer of Saint Russia is mandatory in all Russian dioceses. Patriarch Kirill read the prayer for the first time in September 2022.
In prayer Among other things, God is asked for military success for the Russian army.
– Rise up, God, to help your people and grant us victory with your power, the prayer says.
Uminski was removed from his post because of his anti-war statements
Uminski was moved aside after he said in an interview with the Eho Moskvy radio channel that he was unequivocally against the war.
– I pray for peace, I pray that this ends as soon as possible and that as few as possible are injured, the vicar had said in an interview.
After the interview, Uminski was banned from leading religious services, Russian opposition media reported Medusa and Dožd citing his sources.
The Moscow Diocese did not confirm the allegations of the vicar’s dismissal.
To Telegram however, the leaked document reveals that after the interview, Patriarch Kirill issued a decree banning Uminski from conducting the service.
The document does not state the reason for the decision.
Uminski has also spoken before as an opposition politician To Alexei Navalny for mercy.
Doždin a Ukrainian priest who moved to Russia was appointed to head the church instead of Uminski Andrei Tkachev.
The church court will decide on Uminski’s future
The parish church court of the Russian Orthodox Church is based on the church’s own legislation. The court differs from a traditional court, for example, in that the defendant is not allowed to familiarize himself with the material of the case dealing with him in advance and does not have defenders during the court proceedings.
Most likely, Uminski will lose his vicar title.
This is what happened to another vicar who opposed the war to Ioann Koval. In May of last year, the church court decided to deny him the authority of a priestbecause Koval had replaced the word victory with the word peace in the prayer of Holy Russia.