From NJ.com
NJ Ukrainian community stays connected with family and friends overseas via social media
https://us-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=7st54fha9meef
The article has the general comments from the YKPAIHIAH community here in NJ....
At the end of the artcle is a comment from a heirarch from the UOC-USA who is not aligned with the any of the churches in YKPAIHA, even though they give the impression to everyone that they are.
>When police fired on protesters in Kiev on Feb. 20, killing dozens, local parishioners visited the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA headquarters in South Bound Brook for comfort, said Bishop Daniel, vice-chairman of the national clergy group.
>On Thursday, Bishop Daniel, whose secular name is Volodymyr Zelinsky, and 100 New Jerseyans traveled to Washington, D.C., and participated in a demonstration outside the White House to encourage President Obama to impose stricter sanctions on Russia and provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The church will hold a memorial service for the fallen Maidan protestors later this month.
>“The people on the street in Kiev are doing exactly what we would do here if somebody attacked our nation,” said Bishop Daniel. “Sometimes when you see the Ukrainian flag is flying and the people are screaming in the streets and demanding justice and demanding freedom, it could be perceived as radical. But I don’t see that as radical;I see that as being patriotic. It’s freedom of speech. That’s what we stand for in the United States of America.”
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Sure its also patriotic not to agree with this church because of its allegiance to the Ecumentical Patriarch (which has its hands in each others pockets with the UOC-MP). - But they don't what to hear it that way....
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