Review of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill, the Ukrainian crisis means " call the historical unity of the Russian Orthodox Church and attempt to destroy everything that connects the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
"The Ukrainian crisis and the desire of certain political forces to give it a religious aspect: the historical unity of the Russian Orthodox Church ", - quotes the message of the Patriarch RIA " Novosti ". He said that the ROC remains the only connection With the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) is the commemoration of the Patriarch of Moscow in the temples. According to the Patriarch, " huge political efforts are directed to this minimal connection to destroy."
"this is a serious politician, whose purpose is the destruction of anything that connects the Russian Federation and Ukraine, our people..., the desire to break at any cost. Need very serious consideration to this trend, try to comprehend it in some pragmatic, and very serious - historiosophical, moral, theological categories, " he tried to persuade the Metropolitan Primate. According to his statement, the UOC MP - ogromneishee religious community of Ukraine, unites believers across the country, regardless of political views, nationality and cultural identity. According to the Patriarch, only staying above the political conflict of the UOC-MP manages to maintain the spiritual unity and exceptional peacekeeping capacity." Easter days strengthen us in the hope that the checks on the Ukrainian land will culminate in the establishment of a lasting peace, " said the Patriarch. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia S. V. Lavrov at the Easter reception highly assessed the peacekeeping capacity of the Church and the level of cooperation With diplomats. In the process of receiving the Primate of the ROC handed Lavrov, the order of St. Sergius of Radonezh (I degree) - worked for the benefit of the Church and in connection With the 65th anniversary. According to the Patriarch, the traditional Easter meeting of diplomats and authorized the traditional religions of Russia in the foreign Ministry " promote the ideals of peace and justice in the world ". on February 27, Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Gennady Gatilov said that in the process unleashed by the Kiev military actions in Eastern Ukraine destroyed Orthodox churches and monasteries, the believers have been harassed and bullied by Ukrainian nationalists. Since mid-April last year, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. The military actively used heavy machinery and military aircraft and helicopters. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand People. Almost 90 churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.

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