Metropolitan of Russian-backed church sentenced to 5 years in prison for justifying Russian war against Ukraine

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1. To the rockpile!! After you surrender keys to your yacht, mansion and mercedes

2. To the rockpile!! After you surrender keys to your yacht, mansion and mercedes

3. Is this the guy that just got bailed for 33 million after people crowd funded it. Then he gets sentenced , nice way to get money from the orcs. Fuck that guy!

4. In case somebody’s wondering, here’s the list of the Criminal Code of Ukraine violations that actually got him convicted:

   >Article 109, part 2: public appeals to violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order of takeover of government, and also dissemination of materials with any appeals to commit any such actions.
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   >Article 110, part 2: willful actions committed to change the territorial boundaries or national borders of Ukraine in violation of the order provided for in the Constitution of Ukraine, and also public appeals or distribution of materials with appeals to commit any such action.
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   >Article 162, part 1: willful actions inciting national, racial or religious enmity and hatred […] accompanied with deception or threats.
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   >Article 436, part 2: justification, recognition as lawful, denial of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

5. What is that red flag?

6. I hate that Kirill has put a schism in the Eastern Churches. I am an Eastern Catholic. There is little difference between Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic. This is why Kirill must be removed. And if he were a true Christian, he would step down for the damage he has done. Churches (Christian or otherwise) have no place in government affairs.

7. I’m sure he thinks that he’s in prison because god works in mysterious ways!

8. “Metropolitan” is a strange choice of words for a translation. I assume this guy is something like a bishop or a regional denominational head?

   In American English, at least, “Metropolitan” is usually only an adjective though it is sometimes co-opted as a noun for slang purposes. It’s not typically a title for an office unless it’s qualifying the noun (eg. Bishop of metropolitan Seattle).

   edit: Given how odd this sounds in English, I assume the word was translated more or less directly rather than chosen randomly. If that is the case, is it safe to assume this derives from some element of the Greek or Greek Orthodox usage of the term that might not be used in the Latin churches I’m more familiar with?