A Priest Speaks Out on the Persecution of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine

Christian persecution in the middle of Europe? That’s the uncomfortable question at the heart of this conversation.

While Berlin and Brussels paint a picture of a values-based democracy, priest André Sikojev describes a reality that’s hard to reconcile with that image: priests arrested, monasteries stormed, and a church with a thousand-year history banned by state decree.

In this conversation, we dig into questions that rarely make it into mainstream coverage:

• The relic mystery — how sacred remains were smuggled out of the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves under dramatic circumstances.
• Geopolitics in the altar room — the role Sikojev says Western intelligence services have played in building a new “state church.”
• Systematic pressure — why, in his account, attacks on believers and the erosion of religious identity form part of a broader strategy.

Sikojev offers a firsthand view into a country he describes as caught between military rule and the sale of its own cultural roots — a conversation about faith, power, and what he calls the West’s silence.

Watch the full conversation here:

• Watch on YouTubeyoutube.com