KYIV - The Security Services of Ukraine (SBU) released a controversial video on social media Christmas morning which shows officers with automatic rifles breaking down the door of an apartment. Over the video, the authors placed the caption: “Who comes knocking to ‘carol’ for those who celebrate Christmas on January 7.” The SBU did not clarify whether this video constitutes a real threat toward Orthodox believers who adhere to the Julian calendar, but the video comes at a time of increasing scru

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