A Call to Repentance

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The Soul of the East

Journalist Gennady Dubovoy conducted an interview on the front lines of the war in Ukraine with “Fr. Viktor,” an Orthodox hieromonk ministering to soldiers of the Novorussia Armed Forces. Dubovoy states the conversation was recorded in May, before the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, and released only in late July. Translated by Mark Hackard.

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“They are intentionally hastening the reign of Antichrist…” Our interlocutor is a veteran of the Afghan War and a former police officer; now he is a hieromonk. This is all that we managed to ask him, since like any monk, he considers speaking about himself unnecessary. “Why? The Lord knows everyone, and all whom He called into this world. From earth I come and into earth shall I depart. With limitless respect, the soldiers of “Motorola’s” legendary unit have glorified him as their “battle priest.” He was with the militia in Semenovka during the…

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