Sad to say, we have come to expect attacks on the Orthodox Faith in many areas of the world. Taybeh, a peaceful Christian village in the West Bank, has been repeatedly attacked by Zionist settlers. Both Christian Churches in Gaza, Orthodox and Roman Catholic, have been attacked with fatalities. Syria is a killing zone for Christians, Druze, and Alawites. The regime in Kiev continues its campaign against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. In Nigeria, 200 Christian villagers were slaughtered by heavily armed Fulani jihadists in July 2025. This is just the latest massacre. All across Africa, Asia, Ukraine, and the Middle East Christians, and Christianity, are attacked, maligned, and silenced.

But anti-Christian slander in Sweden? Multicultural, friendly, innocuous Sweden? Unfortunately, yes.

A Swedish public broadcast (SVT) presenter named Laura Ukaj has compared the Orthodox Christian blessing gesture – the three-finger sign representing the Holy Trinity – to a Nazi salute, stating: “It’s the same as hailing Hitler.”

https://orthodoxreflections.com/is-the-three-finger-orthodox-blessing-a-nazi-salute/