Ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Ukraine?
29 March 2016
To Christian Churches in Ukraine
Mass media in Ukraine have reported on ratification of the Istanbul Convention under the title of Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. Both the name and information have a purely positive impact. The reader learns about the necessity of changing 6 codes and 15 acts.
This pressure on Ukraine comes from the Council of Europe, and other European states, including Russia, are under the same pressure. There was a huge demonstration in Saint Petersburg in favour of Russian withdrawal from the Council of Europe by reason of this destructive Convention which eliminates all moral values and introduces a new body (GREVIO http://vkpatriarhat.org/en/?p=12524) establishing a mechanism for stealing children from parents for hypocritically fabricated reasons, such as so-called domestic violence. This piracy and crimes against children and parents lead to self-destruction of the nation. Furthermore, the state will have no more power to protect its citizens in that the body established by the CE will not be subordinated to the Ukrainian government but directly to a Committee of the Council of Europe. The same child stealing mechanism works in Norway or France, where even the President himself is powerless to intervene against unfair stealing of children, even if this should happen to his own family (e.g. grandchild). So it will not be possible by any means to appeal against the stealing of a child! The only effective solution is to get ahead of Russia and to withdraw membership from the Council of Europe for the sake of Ukrainian children and Ukrainian families.
May all the Christian Churches in Ukraine grasp the gravity of the situation and encourage the Government as well as the Christians of Ukraine to stand in defence of their children.
+ Elijah
Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
+ Methodius OSBMr + Timothy OSBMr
Secretary Bishops
http://vkpatriarhat.org/en/?page_id=9564
Copies to:
Leaders of the Council of Europe
European Parliament
Parliament of Ukraine
Mass media
Download: Ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Ukraine? (29/3/2016)
