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https://www.invictory.org/news/persecution... Pastor of the Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith Detained in Moscow 10/23/2024 war, Moscow, Nikolai Romanyuk, Russia, SVO, Holy Trinity Church On October 18, 2024, pastor of the Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith "Holy Trinity Church" Nikolai Romanyuk was detained in Moscow. Parishioners fear that he will be charged with Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code (public calls for activities directed against state security), the Christian Megaportal inVictory reports with reference to "Christians Against War". In September 2022, Romanyuk gave a sermon in which he condemned participation in military actions on the territory of Ukraine, stating that "this is not our war." Vladimir Franchuk, the author of books on the history of Christianity, including the well-known “Russia Asked the Lord for Rain,” wrote in his blog: “We just received a message that today in Moscow, the pastor of the Christian community of the evangelical faith “Transfiguration Church” Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanyuk was arrested. Naturally, this was accompanied by a thorough search, which was carried out in a very rude manner and accusations of “cooperation with Western intelligence services.” The entire family went through great psychological trauma today, but such searches and arrests in modern Russia are predictable and expected – unfortunately. One of the main accusations against Pastor Nikolai Romanyuk is that he expressed his disagreement with the bandit and cruel war that the Russian Federation is waging on the territory of Ukraine. Honest and fair people in Russia (believers and non-believers) suffer – and will suffer! – for his position as an honest man, which is deeply and consistently based on the Bible truth and Christian worldview." "I have known Nikolai Romanyuk since our early youth, I knew this whole family well, and his father Nikolai Vasilievich, who was originally from Kremenets, Ternopil region. During the years of persecution and repression in the Soviet Union, he was a pastor of a Pentecostal church in Moscow – and suffered a lot for his faith and service in the church. As you probably know, Nikolai's older brother, Vasily, also a pastor, died several years ago under very strange circumstances in a hospital from an unknown disease, after their church building was demolished by bulldozers at night. I also talk about this wonderful Romanyuk family in one of my books, which is called "HIS Star in the East." The criminal Kremlin regime continues to steadily increase the measure of its lawlessness. Lord, until when?! "- added Franchuk.