His Beatitude Sviatoslav in an interview to the “Ukrainska Pravda”: “I am against revolutions”

Sunday, 10 July 2011, 19:39
The Primate of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) said that he would really not like to have a situation when “we talk about revolutions in Ukraine”. He said this in an interview to the internet publication the “Ukrainska Pravda” answering the journalist’s question: if tomorrow we have another Maidan, who will you side with in a conflict between the government and the people? How are you planning to develop relations with Ukrainian politicians? “I am against revolutions because a revolution reveals that a clash is inevitable in society. I rather prefer an evolutionary way of developing relations. And the issue of changing power in violent way is a matter of extreme position” – noted the UGCC Primate.
The Primate of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) said that he would really not like to have a situation when “we talk about revolutions in Ukraine”. He said this in an interview to the internet publication the “Ukrainska Pravda” answering the journalist’s question: if tomorrow we have another Maidan, who will you side with in a conflict between the government and the people? How are you planning to develop relations with Ukrainian politicians?   “I am against revolutions because a revolution reveals that a clash is inevitable in society. I rather prefer an evolutionary way of developing relations. And the issue of changing power in violent way is a matter of extreme position” – noted the UGCC Primate.   His Beatitude Sviatoslav also said that he does not know if the UGCC will take side with any political power in case there is another revolution in Ukraine. To take side with anyone, one must take into account all the circumstances. “And I do not know how the circumstances would evolve. On the one hand, our Church has always tried to maintain its independence and impartiality to any of the political parties in order to speak up truth when this is required by a particular political moment” – said the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholics.   The UGCC Primate expressed his wish that Ukraine may develop harmoniously, “without jumping from one clash to another”. His Beatitude recalled how in the Middle Ages there was developed a notion of “just” and “unjust” war, “but today there are no ‘just’ wars as there can be no ‘just’ violence. Thus, the Church teaches about peace, especially about social peace”.  

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