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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religion

Patriarch Filaret, former honorary Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, founder and current Patriarch of once again the second non-canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate, was confirmed to be a positive case of COVID-19. He becomes the first independent and non-canonical autocephalous leader or patriarch in the Eastern Orthodox faith to contract the disease. Months earlier, he had stated that the pandemic was God's punishment for same-sex marriage, which is currently not legally-recognized in Ukraine. Activists say homophobia is still widespread in the national culture.

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  1. Former 'honorary patriarch' of the OCU, and founder and current Patriarchate of the [second] UOC-KP, Patriarch Filaret, has contacted of COVID-19 disease, after months earlier, he think the virus, was God's punishment for same-sex marriage. Which cause him to become the first independent and non-canonical autocephalous leader in the Eastern Orthodox faith to exposed of COVID-19.
  2. Patriarch Filaret, former honorary Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, founder and current Patriarch of its divergent branch Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kiev Patriarchate, was confirmed to be a positive case of COVID-19. He is the first independent and non-canonical autocephalous leader in the Eastern Orthodox faith to contract the disease. Months earlier, he had stated that the pandemic was God's punishment for same-sex marriage, which is currently not legally-recognized in Ukraine. Activists say homophobia is still widespread in the national culture.
  3. Patriarch Filaret, former honorary Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, founder and current Patriarch of once again the second non-canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate, was confirmed to be a positive case of COVID-19. He becomes the first independent and non-canonical autocephalous leader or patriarch in the Eastern Orthodox faith to contract the disease. Months earlier, he had stated that the pandemic was God's punishment for same-sex marriage, which is currently not legally-recognized in Ukraine. Activists say homophobia is still widespread in the national culture.

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