The priest sent to a monastery after fasting in support of Navalny left Russia

Priest Georgy Sukhobokiy, who was removed from ministry and sent to a monastery for six months after fasting in support of Alexei Navalny, left Russia. about this . Sukhoboky himself told the telegram channel “We Can Explain”

He left for Poland at the end of January. According to Sukhoboky, he decided to emigrate, among other things, because of threats on social networks. “I’m not going to serve as a priest here. When the Putin regime falls, I plan to return and continue to serve as a priest, if possible,” he added.

Sukhoboky’s public conflict with the leadership of the diocese began last October with a post in which the priest wrote that he was ready to shake Navalny’s hand.

Bishop of Meles and Cherdaklinsky Diodorus (Isaev) reprimanded him for this, Sukhobokiy posted the recording in the public domain: “Hello, dear, please tell me, what kind of provocation did you stage for the whole of Russia again? To attract, so to speak, the attention of the authorities? You attracted me, thank you <…> Let’s not play a fool, I’m already tired of Navalny-povalny, Ukraine.”

As a result, Sukhoboky was fired from the press service of the diocese, removed from ministry, ordered to go to a monastery for six months, and was no longer allowed into the church in which he had previously served.