Dear brothers and sisters !
Faithful to our Ukrainian Orthodox Church !
As Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, I address you and all citizens of Ukraine.
Trouble happened. Unfortunately, Russia has launched military operations against Ukraine, and at this fateful time I urge you not to panic, be courageous and show love for your Motherland and for each other.
I call you, first of all, to intense penitential prayer for Ukraine, for our army and our people,
I ask you to forget mutual strife and misunderstandings...
and unite in love, for God and our Motherland.
In this tragic time, we express our special love and support to our soldiers who stand guard and protect and defend our land and our people. May God bless and keep them!
Defending the sovereignty and integrity of Ukraine, we appeal to the President of Russia and ask to immediately stop the fratricidal war.
The Ukrainian and Russian peoples came out of the Dnieper baptismal font, and the war between these peoples is a repetition of the sin of Cain, who out of envy killed his own brother. Such a war is not justified either by God or by people.
I call on everyone to common sense, which teaches us to solve our earthly problems in mutual dialogue and mutual understanding, and I sincerely hope that God will forgive us our sins, and God's peace will reign on our earth and throughout the world!
Message
from His Beatitude
of Kiev and All Ukraine
[gepubliceerd 25.02.22 op
fb Russisch-Orthodoxe Parochie Leuven]
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