02.12.2022 – In a sermon, Fr. Dimitriy declared a series of crimes.
06.12.2022 – The SBU initiated an investigation into this statement to determine the criminality of the statement and the declarant (against the one who publicly declared the crimes, not the criminals mentioned by Fr. Dimitriy).
14.12.2022 – Simultaneously with the search of the cathedral, a pre-trial investigation was launched against Fr. Dimitriy Sidor.
What did the priest Dimitriy Sidor declare in his sermon that led to an investigation against him?
Please, here is the text of the sermon from the beginning:
“We ask God to accept our humble, small spiritual labor, for peace in the state, for peace in people’s souls, for the spiritual unity of the Orthodox, so that in this difficult time, when it is no longer a secret, and the opponents of Orthodoxy no longer hide, they openly declare their readiness, not just to beat and persecute individuals, to whom any crime can be pinned and fabricated! (There are masters of this now), but they also threaten the entire Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which, again, faces threats: to shut it down, seize it, disband it! And to deprive all people of the right to pray where they want, and by force drive them into a dead end, into that religion where there is a dead end…” That’s exactly it.
Here are the (alleged) crimes that Archpriest Dimitriy Sidor declared in his sermon:
- “WE ASK GOD TO ACCEPT OUR HUMBLE, SMALL SPIRITUAL LABOR, FOR PEACE IN THE STATE, FOR PEACE IN PEOPLE’S SOULS, FOR THE SPIRITUAL UNITY OF THE ORTHODOX, SO THAT IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME, WHEN IT IS NO LONGER A SECRET, AND THE OPPONENTS OF ORTHODOXY NO LONGER HIDE, THEY OPENLY DECLARE THEIR READINESS, NOT JUST TO BEAT AND PERSECUTE INDIVIDUALS, TO WHOM ANY CRIME CAN BE PINNED AND FABRICATED! (THERE ARE MASTERS OF THIS NOW),”
PERSECUTION WITH FABRICATED ACCUSATIONS:
Article 366. Official forgery
Official forgery, i.e., the entry by an official of knowingly false information into official documents, other falsification of documents… is punishable by a fine of up to two hundred fifty tax-free minimum incomes of citizens or restriction of liberty for up to three years…
Article 364. Abuse of power or official position
Abuse of power or official position, i.e., intentional… use of authority or official position contrary to the interests of the service… is punishable by… imprisonment for up to three years…
Article 372. Bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal liability
Bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal liability… is punishable by… imprisonment for a term of three to five years…
- “AND THEY THREATEN THE ENTIRE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, WHICH, AGAIN, FACES THREATS: TO SHUT IT DOWN, SEIZE IT, DISBAND IT!”
THREATS TO SHUT DOWN, SEIZE, AND DISBAND THE UOC:
Article 180. Obstruction of religious rites
Illegal obstruction of religious rites… is punishable by a fine of up to fifty tax-free minimum incomes of citizens or correctional labor for up to two years…
Article 161. Violation of citizens’ equality based on their religious beliefs
Intentional actions aimed at inciting… religious enmity and hatred… or direct or indirect restriction of rights… based on religious beliefs, are punishable by a fine of two hundred to five hundred tax-free minimum incomes of citizens or restriction of liberty for up to five years…
Article 129. Threat of murder
A threat of murder, if there were reasonable grounds to fear its execution, is punishable by arrest for up to six months…
BEATING OF INDIVIDUALS:
Article 125. Intentional minor bodily injury
Intentional minor bodily injury is punishable by a fine of up to fifty tax-free minimum incomes of citizens or correctional labor for up to one year…
Article 121. Intentional serious bodily injury
Intentional serious bodily injury… is punishable by imprisonment for a term of five to eight years…
Article 122. Intentional moderate bodily injury
Intentional moderate bodily injury… is punishable by correctional labor for up to two years or restriction of liberty for up to three years…
- “AND TO DEPRIVE ALL PEOPLE OF THE RIGHT TO PRAY WHERE THEY WANT,”
DEPRIVATION OF THE RIGHT TO PRAY:
Article 161. Violation of citizens’ equality based on their religious beliefs
Intentional actions aimed at… direct or indirect restriction of rights… based on religious beliefs, are punishable by a fine of two hundred to five hundred tax-free minimum incomes of citizens or restriction of liberty for up to five years…
Article 180. Obstruction of religious rites
Illegal obstruction of religious rites… is punishable by a fine of up to fifty tax-free minimum incomes of citizens or correctional labor for up to two years…
- “AND BY FORCE DRIVE THEM INTO A DEAD END, INTO THAT RELIGION WHERE THERE IS A DEAD END,”
FORCING INTO ANOTHER RELIGION:
Article 161. Violation of citizens’ equality based on their religious beliefs
Intentional actions aimed at… direct or indirect restriction of rights… based on religious beliefs, are punishable by a fine of two hundred to five hundred tax-free minimum incomes of citizens or restriction of liberty for up to five years…
Article 180. Obstruction of religious rites
Illegal obstruction of religious rites… is punishable by a fine of up to fifty tax-free minimum incomes of citizens or correctional labor for up to two years…
That’s how it is.
It was precisely after these words that law enforcement agencies took an interest in Priest Dimitriy. To this day, for the third year in a row, they act as if Archpriest Dimitriy Sidor is the one who broke the law.
He is being judged solely and exclusively for daring to publicly declare crimes against the Orthodox and the UOC.
FOR IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR CRIMINALS THAT, DURING THE COMMISSION OF CRIMES, EVERYONE REMAINS SILENT AND NO ONE DARES TO CALL A CRIME A CRIME.