Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Wednesday called “absurd and unfounded” the accusations by a Russian official of the Metropolitanate of Bessarabia, canonically subordinate to the Romanian Patriarchate, and at the same time a sharp attack on the leadership of Chisinau. .

His comments came after the Metropolitanate of Bessarabia accused the Metropolitanate of Chisinau and All Moldova, subordinate to the Russian Patriarchate, of being an “occupational structure of the Moscow Patriarchate” with “implanted agents of Russian special services” engaged in disinformation and falsification. truth, reports the official page of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

These accusations, Zakharova stated at the press conference, are related to the fact that the clergy of the Bessarabian Metropolitan did not “attract” ministers from another metropolitan.

Russia complains that the Orthodox Church, which is under its jurisdiction, is being attacked in the Republic. Moldova

“It is extremely unfortunate that inter-church relations in the Republic of Moldova are politicized today and that the authorities in Chisinau, contrary to the provisions of the Constitution, allow themselves to interfere in the affairs of denominations. And they do it selectively,” said Maria Zakharova.

Zakharova also accused that the Metropolitanate of Chisinau and all of Moldova, which is subordinate to the Russian Patriarchate, has long been labeled a “propagandist of the Kremlin’s interests” and is constantly attacked and discredited by the pro-government mass media in Chisinau.

In this regard, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry recalled that at the end of May, the President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, qualified the church subordinated to Russia as an “agent of Moscow’s influence” because part of it “works for or largely supports Russia.”

On the other hand, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry claims, the Romanian Orthodox Church enjoys the unconditional support of the Moldovan leadership.

Russian diplomacy now also accuses the Republic of Moldova of “Nazism”

The Chisinau authorities “in their efforts to politically polarize Moldovan society and break relations with Russia are following the example of the Kyiv regime, which has repeatedly confirmed its Nazi nature,” Zakharova also claims.

“We appeal to Chisinau with a request to abandon the practice of interfering in church affairs and once again warn against the fatal for the state the division of society based on linguistic, confessional and other criteria,” said the spokeswoman of Russian diplomacy.

Earlier, the Bessarabian Metropolis declared that the Metropolis of Chisinau and all of Moldova is a non-canonical structure subordinate to the center of power in Moscow, infiltrated by representatives of the special services of the Russian Federation, notes Deschide.md.

The press release of the Bessarabian Metropolis claims that the Orthodox Church of Moldova represents the interests of the Russian regime, was created in violation of all church canons, and was crushed by corruption and simony.

With the same document, the Bessarabian Metropolis actually calls on the priests who are under Moscow’s jurisdiction to come under its authority, the cited portal reports.

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