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    People who are claiming to be Orthodox seize …

    People who are claiming to be Orthodox seize church buildings with violence

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    Metropolitan Timothy of Vostra of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, an exarch of the Holy Sepulchre in Cyprus about the film "The Faithful", which tells about the persecution of believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

    Film "The Faithful" on the Youtube official channel

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    Metropolitan Timothy of Vostra
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