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The next day after celebration of Ascension, Patriarch Moses and the clergy visited village Tkhorivka at the invitation of the representatives of authority and the direction of the local factory.
The grand procession headed by Patriarch went through the work sections, offices and the economic premises with prayerful singing, sanctifying walls and blessing people. Then walked along the streets of the Ukrainian village, sanctified village administration, school and kindergarten.
Finishing the visit, in the Culture centre took place the sermon-lecture, where Patriarch Moses told the present about the spiritual laws of the Universe. Patriarch stated the high knowledge in simple forms, giving the examples from life and people understood easily how they needed to live to be happy, to be in harmony and unity with God.
Many of the Tkhorivka citizens were excited that day, as they felt the Grace of God for the first time, which lent wings to people and filled the soul with joy. Indeed, the great Force of God descended that day on the little Ukrainian town. Photo cameras fixed the presence of the great number of bright Angels of God.
But the Blessing of God is not a joy for everybody.
The next day, the churchmen of UOC KP raised the alarm. As the citizens of Tkhorivka liked what Patriarch Moses told them and the joy they had felt from his prayers and his blessing very much. And that scared the local churchmen. Apparently, taking the circumstances personally, they called Security Service of Ukraine, police and State Traffic Safety Inspectorate. In the applications was indicated that the coercive capture of the church was imminent. But the clergy of UAOC-C turned out to leave to Kyiv already in evening. Having arranged such turmoil, the representatives of UOC KP lost any kind of support in the village. They remained having only 5 parishioners when the total number of population is about 1 thousand of people.
Today, like in the former KGB times, in the small town Tkhorivka, the pressure and intimidation is exerted on the officials, namely on the head of the village administration, the principle of school and director of the factory by the officers of Security Service of Ukraine by instructions of Filaret (Denysenko M.A.). The violation of their constitutional rights: liberty of conscience and religious freedom takes place.
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