against Russia’s full-scale invasion

Fr Aleksandr intends to appeal through his lawyer as soon as the latter has received the court’s written decision, he told Forum 18 from outside Russia on 22 July. Police had found the video of the sermon on the Mother of Solidarity YouTube channel, on which the church streamed and uploaded its services, Fr Aleksandr explained to Forum 18. On Sunday 27 February 2022, he was released from detention for allegedly violating St Petersburg’s coronavirus restrictions by attending a protest against Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine (a common punishment for protesters at the time and even now). At that day’s service, he preached on the Parable of the Mote and the Beam from the Gospel of Matthew, in which Jesus says “Why do you see the speck [mote] in your brother’s eye หนังใหม่2025