Was This Orthodox Priest Really Arrested For Criticizing the Shoigu?

Satanist detected!

There is trouble in the Moscow Patriarchate. Rumblings of renewed ecumenical efforts, increased participation in Africa, and crackdowns on priests …

We left off last time with this article on the topic giving an overview on the general state of Orthodoxy in Russia:

Now, riding on a wave of arrests of regular people, we hear news of the recent arrest of a fired hieromonk for discrediting the Shoigu.

Here:

According to the investigation, former hieromonk Kurmoyarov spread “false information” about the army on the Internet, including on a YouTube channel, where he talked about the situation in Ukraine and discussed who would end up in heaven and who would be in hell.

Former hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church Ioann Kurmoyarov was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of distributing fakes about the actions of the Armed Forces and government agencies of Russia (clauses “d”, “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), reported in the telegram channel of the joint press service courts of St. Petersburg.

I looked up the law because I’m starting to sweat bullets and yeah, it looks pretty bad.

Unsurprisingly, the only time I report on someone in Russia who actually looks Russian he is the one being thrown into prison.

I’m no lawyer, but I got the impression that this law was very broad, to say the least. You can read the official PDF here, but it is in Russian.

The law uses the term “dissemination of fake news,” to mean both support for Ukraine or opposition to the war and, what appears to actually be the sharing of fake news even in group chats or comments sections to posts on Telegram or, I assume on blogs online. This is extremely broad and appears to be a totally nonsensical approach unless the goal is to inspire terror in the population. Now of this seems actually legally “legal” if you know what I mean. That is, I know and you know that all of our spook-run governments can actually just do whatever if they so choose, but there are still ostensibly laws and rights on the books that they have to at least pay lip service to or formally observer some kind of process while they are screwing you over and throwing the book at you.

So, I struggle to understand how posting links to stories and getting arrested for it isn’t a violation of free speech guarantees which, yes, are present in the Russian Constitution.

For example: apparently, some 17-year-old got sentenced for posting a link in a Telegram chat to Ukrainian disinfo put out by Podolyak claiming that Prigozhin had captured nuclear weapons during his mutiny. [NOTE: IT WAS DISMISSED BY THE COURT, THANK GOD!]

I recall joking and posting a meme about that as well … as a joke though and after the fact because of how ridiculous the claim was. But the teen apparently captioned the link with the words “I hope that he [Podolyak] is lying […] because if he’s not, this might be the worst news of the 21st century” so doing something as a joke or to just be worried about it, apparently is no defense against the charges of discrediting the Shoigu by being a Bandera-Satanist.

Now, I was hoping that this was fake news because I saw it first reported on Meduza which is a CIA propaganda outfit first. But it doesn’t look like this is the case seeing as Russian news sites have reported on the story of this kid’s arrest as well and the arrest of almost 200 others, only in Russian.

Now, some of you may counter by saying that this is a war and therefore the rules don’t apply, and if you are one of the people saying that, you are exactly the kind of person who should keep his mouth shut and refrain from commenting on politics in the future because you are the exact type to be sent to the gulags for overzealousness.

Remember: there is no war in Ukraine — and the people who claim that there is one are actually spreading fake news. Strike 1. Furthermore, since there isn’t a war, you can’t suspend civil liberties by declaring martial law, so free speech guarantees should still apply. Also, it is hard to figure out intent behind people posting links to news. I guarantee that you have probably posted actual fake news before, which apparently falls under the law, or simply reposted Western or Ukrainian-sourced news in whatever capacity (to criticize it, I’m sure), which also apparently falls under the law, if need be. Strike 2. And last but not least, the official propaganda line on the nature of reality is changing all the time over in the Slavlands. What would be considered a patriotic position yesterday — fighting to the last bullet to free Kiev of the Satano-Nazis, might actually be subversive tomorrow — there are no Nazis in Kiev, Ukraine has been de-nazified in the Shoigu two-week SMO. And that’s Strike 3.

The truth is not a fragile and delicate orchid that needs to be defended. It does not need censorship and spook strike teams hauling people away in the dead of the night to survive. Truth is actually very hard to suppress, which is why governments have to spend so much time and effort on the whole endeavor.

Trust me, this law actually being enforced on *checks notes* 17-year-old teens who probably don’t want to be mobilized Nazi terrorists is very bad news. Either the government is trying to look as evil as Kiev is or they aren’t trying per se.

Back to the monk:

“The court imposed a sentence of imprisonment for a period of three years in a general regime penal colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to posting publications on the Internet telecommunications network for a period of two years,” the statement said.

Kurmoyarov fully admitted his guilt and repented, they say in court. The time that the hieromonk spent in the pre-trial detention center will be deducted from the term.

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The prosecution requested seven years in prison for the former priest. The maximum punishment possible under this part of Art. 207.3 - ten years in prison.

Kurmoyarov was detained and arrested in St. Petersburg in June last year. The court stated that he was charged with “63 episodes of posting false information on various Internet resources from 02/24/2022 to 06/06/2022.” In particular, they were talking about videos on the YouTube channel “Orthodox Virtual Parish”, which contained “false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,” the court said.

According to the Baza telegram channel, at the time of his arrest Kurmoyarov was working as an office manager. Previously, he held the rank of hieromonk and taught at the Novosibirsk Theological Seminary. As the portal NGS.ru wrote, he was removed from ministry in 2020 after criticizing the Church of the Armed Forces in the Patriot Park in Kubinka near Moscow, which the hieromonk called a “pagan temple.” He also opposed the “fusion of church and state.” The priest began running a YouTube channel after his suspension.

In 2021, Kurmoyarov wrote a statement to law enforcement agencies against Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu demanding that he be punished for insulting the feelings of believers. Shortly before this, the former priest created a petition in which he asked Shoigu to remove from the temple in Kubinka “communist symbols, as well as other images that desecrate the Orthodox temple and offend the religious feelings of believers.”

This is a reference to the attempts by some Communist nostalgists, like Kiriyenko, perhaps, and probably some patriotic schizo-Stalinist types to include a mural of Stalin in the new “War Cathedral” as well as the hammer and the sickle and the red star.

There was also this at the time:

Public outcry forced them to scuttle the plans

And here is what the monk had to say, in his own words about the affair:

“I consider this response from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to be the height of cynicism and disrespect for the feelings of Orthodox believers. Of course, images of Bolsheviks, NKVD employees and Red Army soldiers are present in Orthodox churches, including the church in Butovo, but all of them, without exception, were made in a negative context, i.e. That is, these characters are depicted as persecutors of Christians, and not heroes who deserve worship in an Orthodox church and are under the protection of the Mother of God, archangels and saints. In this sense, I consider the actions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and personally the Minister of Defense Shoigu S. TO., who heads this department and took an active part in the construction of this religious building, is offensive to Orthodox believers,” explained Ioann Kurmoyarov.

The hieromonk is wrong to claim that these are pagan symbols though. They are Saturnic symbols and Christianity is Saturnic as well, so, frankly, they actually do have a place in an Orthodox Church … just most normal Christians are unaware of the occult connections because they are willing sacrificial pawns in an occult sacrifice ritual masquerading as a religion.

I mean just look for yourself — the symbols tell the whole story:

Notice the cross from which the Christian cross was derived and the bent scythe

The cross is the black cube of Saturn unfolded

Saturn is represented with a scythe and with bushels of grain from the harvest

Some say that the red or the hammer symbolizes Mars or the five-pointed star Venus

You get the point, I hope.

Also, opposing the merger of Communism and Christianity in Russia is basically an anti-spook dog-whistle. These occult associations and connections are very well-known and were understood all the way back in the times of the NKVD. Yes, the Communist secret police destroyed a lot of Churches in Russia back in the day, but that is because they believe that Russian Orthodox practiced “idol-worship” on account of all the non-Biblical local Slavic saints and holy men and martyrs that have become so integral to the faith.

Fundamentally, any good Torah-observant Kabbalist Chekha-man knows that Christ and even the concept of the Holy Trinity is considered “idol-worship” as well. But then so is any local “pagan” custom such as nationalism or loyalty to the Tsar (kings are condemned in the Bible, only religious courts are considered holy).

I’ve got a big post about Saturnism coming up soon, so stay tuned.

Since then though, the Communists quickly realized that the Moscow Patriarchate would be very useful in implementing a worldwide ecumenical Noahide Law agenda, so Stalin brought back the Orthodox Church and set up an office with the NWO World Congress of Churches (WCC). [NOTE: this happened a bit later under Krushchev] By the way, bringing back state-monitored Orthodoxy is why he is cast as being a secret Christian patriot by ethnic Bolsheviks like Nikolai Starikov who is the leading pro-Stalin revisionist in Russia and who makes a lot of money fleecing superstitious and senile, but well-intentioned old-timers.

*beep*

More than that though, the KBG and the FSB later especially began to merge with the Orthodox Church, molding the leadership to its own tastes and to cater it to its own needs.

You have to understand: spooks and priests are the same thing on a deeper archetypical level.

It’s just that bearded men who cosplay as Pharisees from Jerusalem strike us as an anachronism nowadays, but they were the thought-police of their own times and so it makes perfect sense that they would merge eventually with the modern ideological spook state. The most striking example of this is actually the Mormons in America merging with the CIA, or the FBI being run by the ADL which keeps files on literally tens of thousands of Americans fed up with Semitism, but the same thing is occurring in Russia. The elites are all Kabbalists, of course, but the enforcers are the theological dhimmi foot-soldier spooks who are self-declared second-tier “spiritual Hebrews” that push the global end times Saturnic agenda.

A lot to take in, I know. But I’ll explain it all in more detail another time, believe me.

Somewhat related to the above story, the current patriarch, who is KGB-approved and has been pro-ecumenist his whole career, has recently fired another one of his own priests for sounding the alarm about the MP cozying up to the Catholics … again. One of those schizo pro-Stalin Orthodox types (gullible peasants who read Starikov) who probably has the exact opposite views of the arrested anti-Communist hieoromonk explained that the recent firing of yet another priest is part of a grand ecumenist conspiracy. Here:

“The Most Reverend Leonid (Gorbachev), Metropolitan of Klin, is relieved of his post as rector of the Church of All Saints, Patriarchal Metochion in Kulishki, Moscow.”

This is a clear signal of disfavor on the part of the Patriarch. What could it be connected with? It’s difficult to find fault with M. Leonid’s direct responsibilities - judging by the news, on the contrary, everything is very good there. I think that this is precisely because of the criticism of Catholics, their vile policy in Ukraine and criticism of those hierarchs and clergy who are carrying out subversive work against the Russian Orthodox Church, but who are protected by the DECR of the Russian Orthodox Church. And in this case, it should be viewed in such a way that the DECR of the Russian Orthodox Church began to persecute those who oppose the Catholicization of the Church and those figures who are destroying it.

And, apparently, they decided to punish Metropolitan Leonid precisely for his active criticism of Catholics (I think this is the main reason - he has made a lot of statements on this topic recently), and he also wrote about the enemies of the Church, who were covered up by the DECR of the Russian Orthodox Church. Such a step on the part of the Patriarch is a clear signal that for him friendship with Catholics is more important than the hierarchs who are trying to defend the Church and its interests.

It’s a pity... it seems that the legacy of the possessed Metropolitan Nikodim Rotov, whom Patriarch Kirill would almost like to declare a saint and who in his madness gave communion to Catholics and died like a dog at the feet of the Pope, bore fruit in his spiritual pupil, who took the place of the Patriarch.

If the DECR of the Russian Orthodox Church protects the outright enemies of the Church and Russia, public complaints against these enemies of the Church are not considered by the administrative authorities, and the Patriarch, instead of taking measures against the enemies of the Church, protects the DECR and carries out repression against those who dare to speak about the harmful actions of Catholics and those clergy who are protected by the DECR of the Russian Orthodox Church, then how should we continue to treat such a Patriarch? How about one who curries favor with heretics and enemies of the Church and for this purpose persecutes those who defend the purity of faith and speak publicly about the enemies of the Church?

Now, I don’t have any dog in this inter-Orthodox fight at all. I am pro Russian Orthodoxy insofar as the Church worships Russian heroes and encourages large Russian families. Theologically-speaking though, I do think that Nicene Christianity is pure soul poison, of course.

With my priors out of the way, I do have to point out that the current Patriarch is literally constantly being accused of being pro-West and pro-Catholic by Orthodox laity — some of whom are still in the MP and not schismatics. In reality, he is also pro-Islam as well, but that doesn’t get brought up as much. Like President Putin, the patriarch believes that the Abrahamic peoples have more in common than not and that they worship the same god and says so publicly to encourage multi-culturalism in Russia, which is the closest thing to a state ideology that Russia has. Again, Kiriyenko’s "Pentabasis” program which tries to merge Communism with Abrahamism to create a perfect controlled religion for the dhimmi is the best admission and explanation of that part of the agenda that we have so far.

As for the patriarch, well, there is no way that he could have gotten his post if he wasn’t on board with the agenda of both the Eastern and Western elites, whatever it may be. Everyone in Russia’s ruling class has been pro-West for three decades at least — so he would have to be the sole secret 5D white hat (literally!) patriot among the nomenklatura, which he is not, sorry.

But I’ve probably harped on about this at least a hundred times by now.

Point being: a fired hieromonk is being sent to prison and put under a gag order for spreading fake news (whatever that means) and, curiously, he was an anti-Communist and on Shoigu’s bad list. This is not exactly what the patriots had in mind when they were talking about a purge of traitors, let me tell you. But I assume that the ZAnon crowd, if they even acknowledge that arrests of what appear to be just regular Russian people are ongoing, would be thrilled by the news. There are thousands, maybe even millions of Satano-Nazis lurking in Russia and Shoigu needs to purge them all to defeat the Bill Gates, you see?

This is starting to resemble what Kiev has been doing, only we haven’t reached the same bloody numbers yet and there is still hope that somehow these arrests will stop and not spread.

You know, now I understand how when the gulags were being filled up with millions of souls that there were ideologues cheering it on. Me, I’d feel more comfortable cheering on for political arrests of students, priests, bloggers, vets and so on if I actually knew what I was supposed to be cheering for or against (secret charges for secret crimes!) and wasn’t worried that the media narrative and the law might change abruptly overnight and leave me mid-clap being thrown in a cage.

But some bloggers are simply braver than I am, clearly.