Russia destroys Odesa cathedral

Russia destroys Odesa cathedral

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norman lebrecht

July 23, 2023

Some of the 19 missiles fired at Odesa were aimed at the Cathedral of the Transfiguration.

The church was opened in 1794, destroyed by Stalin in 1936, restored by an independent Ukraine, wiped out again by Putin.

Pictures from a desecration.

 

 

Comments

  • Mazel Tob says:

    Just a terrible desecration. A great city steeped in both Christian and Jewish culture. Birthplace of so many famous violinists. Simply wanton destruction in order to destroy grain exports and create starvation and yet more chaos.

  • IP says:

    Where is the news? Wait until the Russky do anything good or human or honourable, and then come back again.

  • Zarathusa says:

    What an international shame! And Putin claims to be such a deeply religious person with Moscow’s prelate as his personal “confessor”. HELL will not be full until Putin dies!!!

  • BobinAustin says:

    This was the cathedral of the Moscow Patriarch which supports the invasion. Putin has destroyed his own traitor church. It was a beautiful building.

  • Corno di Caccia says:

    Atrocious! Yet, the leaders of the world’s countries are still showing that they’re afraid of Putin and don’t have a clue how to defeat him and his evil regime.

  • Tom Phillips says:

    What a barbarous nation. Seems to be genetic with these “people”, certainly in their extremely long history it’s clear that Russians never grew a “morality gene”.

  • john humphreys says:

    I guess that the designer bejewelled head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriach Kirill (kill?) blessed the missiles before launch?

  • Kyle Wiedmeyer says:

    I’m sure the Patriarch understands and supports this…

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