Orthodox priest Ciprian Mega, who was the guest of honor at a Moscow film festival in the middle of the war started by Russia, had a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. The information, published by Cozmin Gușă, which propagates pro-Russian and anti-Western messages, was confirmed by the priest for Bihoreanul. Ciprian Mega refused to talk to the G4Media reporter and hung up the phone when asked about the meeting. He did not respond to questions sent via whatsapp either.
Mega is the director of the film 21 Rubies, a film with a strong anti-Western message. His and actor Dorel Vișan’s presence at the Moscow festival was occasioned by the presentation of the film.
Ciprian Mega announced that he officiated a service in a Moscow church with the permission of Patriarch Kirill of Russia, one of the strongest supporters of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He also appeared in a photo with Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry and one of the voices of Russian war propaganda.
Vasile Bănescu, the spokesperson of the Romanian Patriarchate, told G4Media last week that the presence of the Romanian Orthodox priest in Moscow is “an unnatural act”. Banescu wanted to specify that the Romanian Orthodox Church, like the Romanian state, is on the side of Ukraine and Europe.
“The presence there, in the current context, of a priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church – naturally oriented alongside the Romanian state with an eye towards the tragedy in Ukraine and towards democratic Europe – is an unnatural act and easily interpreted as either displayed indifference or assumed defiance of the whole well-known context. I doubt that his presence there could have received the necessary blessing of his superior”, Vasile Bănescu told G4Media.
The film directed by Ciprian Mega has an anti-Western message, criticizing the church and political life, including DNA and the Covid-19 pandemic period.
The G4Media questions that priest Ciprian Mega did not answer:
Have you conveyed any message to Putin about the thousands of Ukrainian Orthodox believers that the Russian military, on Putin’s orders, has killed over the past two years?
Did you send any message to Putin about the dozens of Orthodox churches that the Russian army, on Putin’s orders, destroyed in the last two years?
How is the Christian teaching you preach reconciled with the massacre of children from Bucea and dozens of other Ukrainian localities, ordered by Vladimir Putin?
Did you have a sense of shame sitting next to a politician who is considered a war criminal?
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