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UKRAINE, THE CHURCH & THE NAZIS Part 1

Updated: Nov 29, 2022

HOW RUSSIA GOT DRAWN INTO WAR.

THE DE-NAZIFICATION OF THE UKRAINE???



"Truth fears no investigation, on the contrary, it welcomes it".


  • THE ENEMY OF (WEST) UKRAINE IS COMMUNIST RUSSIA

  • THE ENEMY OF PAPAL ROME IS ATHEISTIC COMMUNISM

  • THE ENEMY OF THE NAZIS WAS COMMUNISM


In Ephesians 6:12, the scriptures teach: "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

We are in a SPIRITUAL war, a war between TRUTH & ERROR, a war between GOOD & EVIL, a war against SPIRITUAL wickedness in high places. The latter brings us into the realm of faith. This war is played out with real people, nations, kingdoms and powers, hence fundamentally we are in a religious war.


The Bible speaks of a power which will war against the people of God and in the 'final hours' of this earth, scenes of a similar nature in history will be repeated - the attempted genocide of a religious cohort of people who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus - Revelation 13:15, 14:12


Hence, this webpage was not designed to be Anti-Ukrainian or Pro-Russian but a sincere allowing of the narrative and imagery out there to speak and for you to make up your mind..... in the light of Bible prophecy. Please study the King of the North and Daniel 11 in this website to make sense of this webpage.


The war in the Ukraine is possibly the final push to bring down the King of the South (Atheistic Communism) in Europe. Attention will then be directed, if it hasn't already, to Asia and the subjugation of Communist China and North Korea so that the prophecy of Revelation 13:3,4 can be fulfilled - "...and all the world wondered after the beast" "...and they worshipped the beast..."


We are now living in the latter part of the 40th verse of Daniel chapter 11 when the King of the North shall come at the King of the South like a whirlwind.



THE KING OF THE SOUTH WILL FALL TO THE KING OF THE NORTH


DANIEL 11:40

"And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over."


Other parts of this website have identified:

  • The King of the South as ATHEISM embedded in COMMUNISM.

  • The King of the North is PAPAL ROME

  • Papal Rome's ally is PROTESTANT AMERICA.

  • This coalition will be responsible for bringing down the Communist regimes.

  • It began with President Ronald Reagan & Pope John Paul II in the late 1980s

  • Communism fell in the Pope's native Poland in 1989.

  • The SOLIDARITY UNION movement was instrumental in that fall.

  • Watch the words - 'SOLIDARITY', 'UNIONS' & 'RESILIENCE' - Catholic.

  • The Berlin Wall came down on November 9, 1989

  • The Soviet Union was dissolved on December 25, 1991.


THE MAJOR COMMUNIST POWERS

  • Russia

  • China

  • North Korea

The prophecy of Daniel 11:40 predicts the fall of Atheistic Communism.


Russia, China and North Korea will fall to the Papal forces. Atheism will succumb to the combined forces of professed Christianity - Catholicism in the old world (Europe) and Protestantism in the new (USA).


Daniel 11:40

"And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over."


*KOTN = King of the North - Papal Rome

**KOTS = King of the South - Atheism

  • The KOTS attacks the King of the North in the "the time of the end"

  • This attack commences the period known as the "time of the end"

  • Papal Rome was wounded in 1798 when Atheistic France pushed at her.

  • 1798 marks the start of the prophetic period known as "the time of the end"

  • It is in this time that Papal Rome will take out the King of the South (Atheism).

  • Atheism is embedded in COMMUNISM.

  • Russia, China & North Korea will come to heel in the time of the end.


ECONOMIC AND MILITARY POWER

Note how Papal Rome is to come against Atheism in Daniel 11:40

  • like a whirlwind (fast & destructive way)

  • with chariots and with horsemen

  • with many ships

1. Whirlwind represents speed & destruction - Amos 1:14, Jeremiah 4:13

2. "Chariots & Horsemen" are symbolic in prophecy of MILITARY POWER - Jer 4:13

3. "Ships" represent ECONOMIC POWER - Ps 107:23, Rev 18:17,19, Eze 27:24,25


“They that go down to the sea in ships, that do BUSINESS in great waters.” Ps 107:23

“…And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as TRADE by sea, stood afar off...wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea...” ” Rev 18:17, 19; Eze 27:24, 25.

Whirlwind

  • Atheistic Russiaʼs collapse stunned the world.

  • It was as prophecy had foretold, “like a whirlwind.”

  • Newsweek magazine used the very word of the prophecy.

  • “DAYS OF THE WHIRLWIND.” Newsweek, Dec. 25, 1989.

  • “Nobody believed the collapse of communism would happen this FAST.” Time, Feb. 24, 1992.

  • “Gorbyʼs bow to the Roman legions.” Title in the U.S. News & World Report.


Time magazine labelled the event: “...the 20th centuryʼs most dramatic SPIRITUAL WAR, a conflict in which the seemingly irresistible force of COMMUNISM (Atheism, the King of the South) battered against the immovable object of CHRISTIANITY.” (The King of the North). Time, Dec. 4, 1989. Bracketed comments supplied.


The Sunday Oregonian ran an article entitled, “The Power of a Prophet: Pope John Paul II, with extraordinary insight into the present, has become more influential than any world leader.” The Sunday Oregonian, October 15, 1995.


Subheading: “Bringing down Communism.”: “This is a man with an aura. He shapes history. His words and prayers cut like knives into the heart of Karl Marxʼs GODLESS philosophy. With no army he did what tanks could not, destroy the Evil Empire. Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, said as much when he wrote, ʻEverything that has happened in Eastern Europe in these last few years would have been impossible without the presence of the pope and without the important role that he played on the world stage. The Sunday Oregonian, October 15, 1995.


“...In the spacious ceremonial library of the 16th century Apostolic Palace, the CZAR of WORLD ATHEISM, Mikhail Gorbachev, will visit the Vicar of Christ, Pope John Paul II...The moment will be electric, not only because John Paul helped inflame the fervour for freedom in his Polish homeland that SWEPT like bush fire across Eastern Europe. Beyond that, the meeting of the two men symbolizes the end of the 20th centuryʼs most dramatic SPIRITUAL WAR, a conflict in which the seemingly irresistible force of COMMUNISM battered against the immovable object of CHRISTIANITY.” Time, Dec 4. 1989.


ECONOMIC SANCTIONS & MILITARY POWER ARE THE WEAPONS.

The combined economic power of Europe, Britain and the USA is bigger than China and Russia combined. Similarly with the combined military power of NATO and the USA.


There are 400 US Military bases in the region aimed at China. The mainstream media narrative does not mention these things. Chinese and Russian knees are like those of King Belshazzar's in Daniel 5:6

ALJAZEERA NEWS

“American bases form a giant noose encircling China with missiles, bombers, warships – all the way from Australia through the Pacific to Asia and beyond,” Pilger says.


Pilger: "China is surrounded by 400 US military bases; US naval forces are on the doorstep of China. US missiles are pointed at China from Okinawa and southern Korea."

 


UKRAINE - THE CONTINUATION OF THE UNITED STATES & THE PAPACY'S WAR AGAINST COMMUNISM

The war in the Ukraine is possibly the final push to end Atheistic Communism in Europe. Russia has been drawn in by the USA while Papal Rome remains in the wings. In the meantime, the Ukranians are fighting America's war using American and European Military power and Economic sanctions.


WHAT WAS PRESIDENT PUTIN'S GOAL(S) IN ATTACKING THE UKRAINE?

  • Demilitarisation of the Ukraine

  • De-Nazification of the Ukraine

De-militarisation is understandable but de-nazification is not as obvious. Critics / western media have brushed aside Putin's claims of De-nazification of the Ukraine as a lame excuse for the war, with the view that the term 'Nazi' only referred to Germans and there are no German Nazis in the Ukraine. In addition, it is insisted that the term 'de-nazification' should only apply to what happened post World War 2 when the allies tried to get rid of any Nazi remnants.

  1. What did Mr Putin mean by the phrase "de-nazification of the Ukraine?

  2. What role, if any, does Papal Rome have in Putin's push for war?

While the answer to the second question may not be as obvious, nevertheless the Ukraine Greek Catholic church's connection with Nazism cannot be easily brushed aside.


The Ukraine was a construct of the communist Soviet Union in the 1950s. Historically the territory of the Ukraine was mostly in the hands of Russia . They were known as the Kievan Rus'. It is from the word "Rus" that we get Russia. Their capital was in Kiev. There were times when the territory changed hands among the Polish / Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Habsburgs in Austria.



The Crimea has been Russian for more than 200 years after Catherine the Great conquered the Ottomans in 1774 and annexed it in 1783. It has only been part of the Ukraine since the 1950s. The graphic below shows that the Russian language predominates in Eastern Ukraine and the Crimea whereas the Ukrainian language is more dominant as one moves westward.


One can see that many Russians (up to 12 million) live in the Ukraine and they make up two thirds of the population in the Crimea.


"In his address to the Russian people on Feb. 24, 2022, Putin said the purpose was to “protect people” who had been “subjected to bullying and genocide … for the last eight years. And for this we will strive for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.” Analysis: Putin’s claim that war on Ukraine is to target Nazis is absurd. Here’s why. World Feb 28, 2022 10:16 AM EDT by Jeffrey Veidlinger

WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE?

IS THERE A NAZI ELEMENT IN THE UKRAINE?

Does Putin have a point? Is there a strong Nazi element in the Ukraine? "The Times of Israel" reported that Russia summoned the Israeli ambassador to ask "Why are you backing Nazis?"


The Times of Israel February 25, 2022


Again on 26 February "The Times of Israel" reported:



The question Russia was really asking is, why would Ukrainian Jews from Israel volunteer to fight with Nazis against Russia given the terrible experience of the Jews at the hands of the Nazis during WW II ?

The Russians should not have been surprised because in fact Ukrainians volunteered to be part of Adolf Hitler's Galicia Division of the Nazi Waffen SS which fought against Russia in WW II. The difference though is the Ukrainians who volunteered for Hitler's SS division were from WEST Ukraine most of whom were of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic faith.


WEST UKRAINE CATHOLICS AND THE NAZIS

Is there any credibility to the claim that Nazis are actively engaged in Ukraine? The answer is YES! Remember the eastern part of Ukraine is predominantly Russian. The Nazi part of Ukraine is in the WEST where the Ukranian language predominates. This part of Ukraine was also known as Galicia. While Putin's claim for de-nazification is viewed as propaganda or excuse for the invasion of Ukraine nevertheless there is a Neo-Nazi problem in the Ukraine.


There is no denying the fact that millions [up to possibly 5 million] Ukrainians died as a result of the great famine of 1932/33 which was deliberately inflicted by Stalin's Soviet Regime on the Ukrainian people and other parts of the Soviet Union. There have been books written on the subject including Ann Applebaum's "Red Famine". Therefore, one can understand the Ukrainian peoples enmity against Russia.


But like they say, "two wrongs do not make a right". It appears that the Ukrainian diaspora have built monuments in whatever country they moved to, dedicated to and praising the Nazi element of their past whether it be the Ukrainian Waffen Division of the Nazi SS, the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists - B (OUN -B) led by the ultranationalist, Stepan Bandera or The *Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), the OUN - B's military offshoot.


*UPA: The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (Ukrainian: Українська повстанська армія, УПА, romanized: Ukrayins'ka povstans'ka armiia, abbreviated UPA) - Wikipedia


There is a denial both at home and by many Ukrainians living abroad of the Nazi history and the 'Ukrainian Nazis' are regarded in a positive light as Ukrainian freedom fighters and heroes of World War II, coerced by the German Nazis but with the personal intention of freeing the Ukraine from Russian control, however, unrealistic that was, nevertheless a justification for the hero status of the above elements.


And the role of the Church in all this?


 

ORTHODOX PRIEST PROTESTS AGAINST CATHOLIC INVASION


ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY

https://orthochristian.com/116478.html#sdfootnote3sym


 

The word "Uniate(s)" refers to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Uniates are those of the Orthodox faith in union with the Roman Catholic Church. The article was dealing with the attempt by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic church to build a cathedral in Odessa. Note in the interview, the two main reasons for protesting against a Catholic Cathedral in the middle of Odessa:


1. Proselytism.

2. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in bed with the Nazis in WW II.


[—Father Andrei, what triggered the protest of the Odessa diocese against the construction of a cathedral of the Ukrainian Greek catholic Church in Odessa?


—When the question was raised at a session of the Odessa City Council about the allocation of land for the construction of a Uniate Cathedral, this provoked strong protest from many Orthodox members of the city council.2 The deputies could not understand the need for building a Uniate cathedral, considering that there are practically no representatives of that religious organization in Odessa; more than 90% of the citizens of Odessa belong to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The answer for all of this is clear – proselytism. A resolution was adopted to postpone this issue, awaiting review in communal hearings.


The question immediately received a wide response. Once by one, [government] deputies, representatives of the Orthodox intelligentsia, the public at large, and ordinary Odessites turned to His Eminence, Metropolitan Agafangel personally, in the Odessa Diocesan administration, expressing their indignation at the fact, that in the historical center of Odessa, a Cathedral could be built by the very same “religious confession” which stained its history by cooperating [in WW2] with the occupying Nazi regime, by “blessing” members of the Nazi-Waffin SS, and militants of the so-called “Ukrainian Insurgent Army”, infamously known by the people as “Banderists”.


They also noted the fact that Greek Catholic Uniates were among the leaders of those paramilitary groups that organized the pogroms against Polish people and Jews, and carried out terror against Orthodox clergy.]


"pogroms"

1. A pogrom is a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring or expelling an ethnic or religious group, particularly Jews. Wikipedia


2. An organized massacre of helpless people

specifically: such a massacre of Jews. Merriam Webster Dictionary


3. The term "Banderists" is applied to Ukrainians who subscribed to the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN - B) lead by Stepan Bandera.

 

WEST UKRAINE THE SEAT OF NAZI COOPERATION


What is special about WEST UKRAINE? It happens to be the bastion of UKRAINIAN NATIONALISM and the centre for the worship of the UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH. Even before the war, there was very strong anti-Russian sentiment in the country. It is in Lviv, the historical capital of Western Ukraine where the St George Greek Catholic Church is located. The church recognises the Pope in spiritual matters and is in full communion with Papal Rome.


"The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. The ordinary (or hierarch) of the church holds the title of Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych and All Ruthenia, though the hierarchs and faithful of the church have acclaimed their ordinary as "Patriarch" and have requested Papal recognition of, and elevation to, this title. Major archbishop is a unique title within the Catholic Church that was introduced in 1963 as part of political compromise. Since March 2011, the head of the church is Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk."


The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is also known as the UNIATE Church. The picture below is what the Uniate church looked like during WW II. It went full Nazi. These are Ukrainian women in national dress on parade in Lviv following a man giving the Nazi salute. The German military is in the background to the left. Note the Swastika and SS symbols.


UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH GOES NAZI



It was in WEST Ukraine that the Germans recruited Ukrainians to form the GALICIAN DIVISION of Hitler's WAFFEN-SS. The division was formed to fight against the Russians.



Ukrainian Waffen SS Galicia Division from film "Vampires", Liviv. Ukraine 1943/44



THE SCHUTZSTAFFEL (SS)

"The two main constituent groups were the Allgemeine SS (General SS) and Waffen-SS (Armed SS). The Allgemeine SS was responsible for enforcing the racial policy of Nazi Germany and general policing, whereas the Waffen-SS consisted of combat units within Nazi Germany's military. A third component of the SS, the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV; "Death's Head Units"[2]), ran the concentration camps and extermination camps. Additional subdivisions of the SS included the Gestapo and the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) organizations.


They were tasked with the detection of actual or potential enemies of the Nazi state, the neutralization of any opposition, policing the German people for their commitment to Nazi ideology, and providing domestic and foreign intelligence.


The SS was the organization most responsible for the genocidal murder of an estimated 5.5 to 6 million Jews and millions of other victims during the Holocaust. Members of all of its branches committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II (1939–45)." Schutzstaffel : Wikipedia


THE UKRAINIAN GALICIAN DIVISION OF THE WAFFEN-SS

Many of these were members of the Uniate Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.


"The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) prior to 1944 titled the 14th SS-Volunteer Division "Galicia" ...was a World War II German military formation made up predominantly of military volunteers with a Ukrainian ethnic background from the area of Galicia later also with some Slovaks. Formed in 1943, it was largely destroyed in the battle of Brody, reformed, and saw action in Slovakia, Yugoslavia, and Austria before being renamed the first division of the Ukrainian National Army and surrendering to the Western Allies by 10 May 1945." 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician): Wikipedia


Parade to honor the formation of the Waffen SS Galicia in Lviv, July 18, 1943 Gov. Otto Wachter and Kubivovych are front and centre. Note the lion-crown crests of the Ukrainian Waffen SS Division framing the Nazi eagle with swastika on the wall, above.


Above is a photograph taken at the same event. Carrying their distinctive SS and lion-crown picket signs, the Ukrainian volunteers for the Waffen SS Galicia Division march past the assembled German and Ukrainian dignitaries.


CELEBRATIONS IN THE UKRAINE - IMAGES BELOW

District of Galicia, spring 1943. Celebrations dedicated to the creation of the SS Division Galicia.


NOTE THE SYMBOLS ON THE FLAG AND PLACARDS


Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the German Swastika.

Note the Ruthenian lion, Ukrainian lion, or Halychian lion is a golden lion on an azure background. It is on the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Rus, the Ruthenian Voivodeship and the Western Ukrainian People's Republic. ... It is used as a coat of arms in Ukrainian and Polish heraldry, in particular on the coats of arms of Lviv, Lviv Oblast, - Wikipedia "Oblast" means a province in the country.



THE UKRANIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH SUPPORTS THE WAFFEN-SS DIVISION

"The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church demanded the presence of its chaplains in the division, which was usually not permitted by Germans. Thus the Ukrainian division along with the Bosnian one became notable exceptions." 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician): Wikipedia



"It also had the support of both the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Among its members was a son of Mstyslav Skrypnyk, the Orthodox Bishop of Kyiv." John A. Armstrong. (1963). Ukrainian Nationalism. New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 170–175 - Wikipedia

“It does strike me as odd that of all that has been written about Vatican and papal efforts to save Jews, so little of it has noted that the efforts were directed in good part to Catholics who were either converts from Judaism or children of Jews,” Kertzer, author of “The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler,” told The Times of Israel this week.



CATHOLIC CARDINAL SUPPORTS WAFFEN-SS DIVISION


"In December 2011, Cardinal Lubomyr Huzar, who headed of the Ukrainian Catholic Church from 2001 to 2011, denied that Waffen-SS Galizien had served Nazi Germany but rather, he alleged, had fought for Ukrainian independence. The unit, the Cardinal claimed, ‘went through the war in German uniforms, but did not fight for Germany, but for their own rights . . . these were people who utilized the situation to fight for their independence. . . . I think, they behaved correctly. . . . It was not the case, as some people today claim, that they served the Hitlerites.’ Oleksandr Solonets', 'Liubomyr Huzar: zhyva rozmova,' Narod.ua, 21 December 2011, http://narodua.com/ljudyna/ljubomyr-huzar-zhyva-rozmova.html (accessed 26 December 2011). Cited in Per Anders Rudling (2012): ‘They Defended Ukraine’: The 14. Waffen-Grenadier- Division der SS (Galizische Nr. 1) Revisited, The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 25:3, 329-368


WAS THE CARDINAL CORRECT?

"At the end of August 1943 the Ukrainian Waffen-SS recruits received tattoos indicating their blood groups under their left arm. On August 29, after the completion of the military and ideological training, the recruits were sworn in at the Heidelager, in the presence of SS-Obergruppenführer Wächter and representatives of the Ukrainian Central Committee. The ceremony started with a field service, led by the unit’s military chaplain, Dr. Vasyl’ Laba, accompanied by a choir. Thereafter the SS recruits took a solemn oath:


‘I swear before God this holy oath, that in the battle against Bolshevism, I will give absolute obedience to the commander in chief of the German Armed Forces Adolf Hitler, and as a brave soldier I will always be prepared to lay down my life for this oath.’ 57.

The oath to Hitler was obligatory until the last month of the Division’s existence. There is no overt indication that the unit in any way was dedicated to Ukrainian statehood, let alone independence. The volunteers committed themselves to a German victory, the New European Order, and to Adolf Hitler personally." Per Anders Rudling (ditto)

57. M. J. Melnyk, To Battle, 68, 57, citing Kdo. Amt d. Waffen-SS: Org.Tgb. Nr. 982/43 g Kdos. V. 30.7.1943 Aufstellung der SS-Freiw. Division ‘Galizien.’

".... in Western Ukraine, apologetics for the Waffen-SS Galizien is entering the mainstream. On April 28, 2011, the 68th anniversary of the establishment of Waffen-SS Galizien, neo-fascist ‘autonomous nationalists,’ together with the far-right Svoboda Party, which dominates the L’viv city government organized a march through the city. Led by Svoboda ideologue Iurii Mykhal’chyshyn of the L’viv city council, the nearly 700 participants (2,000 according to the organizers), carrying banners with neo-Nazi symbols marched down the streets of L’viv, shouting slogans like ‘Halychyna