The famous Yugoslav and Serbian film director Emir Kusturica made a film called “People of Christ. Our Time” about the persecution of the UOC in Ukraine and presented it in Serbia. The film premiered in Belgrade and the Patriarch of Serbia spoke at the opening.
As the film’s general producer told reporters. Mirko RadenovichThe creators of the documentary project simultaneously acted as its heroes.
Among them is an Orthodox priest, philosopher and poet. mario selvini from Genoa, bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church Irinej BachskyProfessor at Cambridge University Vukan Markovicand producer, native of Donbass. Yuri Bardash.
Orthodox missionary, philosopher Ruslan Kalinchuk from Ivano-Frankivsk and a priest spoke in a documentary first-hand about the current pressure on the canonical UOC and its believers in Ukraine. Nikolai Mogilny from Kyiv.
Representatives of several European countries were invited to the premiere, including the Georgian ambassador in Belgrade and representatives of Hungary and Slovakia.
The producer expressed hope that the film will be screened in as many countries as possible, including Russia, which is the center of Orthodoxy. The authors also hope to receive support for their project in Greece and Romania, where there are large Orthodox communities.
As reported EADailyformer president of Russia Vladimir Putin He said that the assessments of Serbian director Emir Kusturica on the situation in Ukraine are in complete agreement with his own.
