The ROC has bought real estate next to military bases in Norway - the media

From the houses owned by the ROC, there is a view of important military facilities, which can be a threat to the safety of a member of NATO, experts say. The Orthodox community in Norwegian Bergen, connected with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), has bought several real estate objects along the coast in recent years, where the view of the most important port and the naval base of the Norwegian Norwegian Norway. This fact causes fears from local safety experts. About it writes Dagbladet.

In Haaconsver, in particular, there is a frigate cannon, submarines and the material and technical base of Norway Fleet. The Prayer House of the ROC is located high on the landscape just 3 kilometers from the object, according to the material. At the same time, journalists indicated that when they came to church, they did not get anyone there. It is also known that other ROC real estate in Norway is located near the Joint NATO military center in Jotto - about fifteen minutes of course.

According to the safety expert of Norway, Alfa Sefland, the ROC's property in Norway can be dangerous as Russia can ensure listening and observation of military facilities. At the same time, she stressed that premature conclusions about the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in the country should not be made, since it mainly conducts its activity legally.

The abbot of the church in Norway Dmitry Ostinin, in a comment to reporters, assured that he was a Ukrainian by nationality and he cursed the war that the Russian Federation has sold against Ukraine. In addition, the clergyman assured that he himself did his best to help Ukrainians. "We support the crisis center in the Dnieper, which picks up children in a cities and takes them to a safe place . . .

The fact that Patriarch Cyril supports this horror, fortunately, not all who profess Orthodoxy are spreading," Ostinin said. The publication states that the list of Norwegian regions where the ROC has real estate includes, in particular, Klepp, Brun and Karma. We will remind, earlier Patriarch Moscow Cyril called on Russian soldiers not to be afraid to go to war against Ukraine, because "Christ is risen and we will rise.