"10 days was a storm at sea": Metropolitan of the UOC could prevent the landing of the Russian landing in Odessa - Kiper

He told about it in an interview with Natalia Mochychuk. According to him, the 84-year-old at that time Agafangel the head of the Diocese of Odessa, perhaps even all day, traveled along the Black Sea coast. This rite occurred when Russian troops considered the possibility of landing in the south of Ukraine. "We know for sure that for 10 days there was a storm of strong on the Black Sea, and a landing (Russians - ed. ) Was unable to approach the shores of Odesa region," Kiper said.

He added that even nature seemed to be reminiscent of "Ukraine cannot touch. " Kiper also suggested that the Russian rocket strike on the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa could be an act of revenge for the pro-Ukrainian position of the Metropolitan. According to the head of Ova, with the beginning of a full -scale invasion Agafangel has been supported by Ukraine. He even forbade to mention Patriarch Cyril and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the prayers of the Moscow.

"When the war began, the abbot (Agafangel - Ed. ) Meet Ukraine. And it was an assumption, but he then banned in prayer to remember the unnecessary people of us - both Cyril and Putin. And one of the options that it was given such greetings ( Blow on the cathedral - ed. ) ", - he added. He was born on September 2, 1938 in the village of Burdino, Terbun district of Lipetsk region of the Russian Federation.

In 1958-1960 he studied at the Kiev Theological Seminary, in 1960-1962-at the Odessa Theological Seminary. In 1962 he joined the Moscow Theological Seminary. Since 1992 - a permanent member of the Synod of the UOC (MP). In 2004, during the Orange Revolution, he supported Viktor Yanukovych. In 2006 and 2010, Metropolitan Agafangel headed the list of "Party of Regions" in the elections to the Odessa Regional Council, twice becoming a deputy.