Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill has paid my respects to the independence Day of Ukraine and its President Peter Poroshenko and tried to convince him to " do everything in their power to an early end to the bloodshed in the country.

" again and again I urge You for the sake of all citizens of Ukraine to do everything in their power to an early end to the bloodshed. I am convinced that the country is critical to peace and civil accord, unite around Christian values and national dialogue, through which citizens of different views and beliefs, even now divided opposition, could actually take part in determining the fate of their Motherland ", - said in the message of Patriarch Kirill to Ukraine's President, announced on Sunday on the Internet office of the Patriarchate.

at the Sunday service in the suburban Nikolo-Pecherska the monastery of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church prayed for the repose of the dead and the relief of suffering injuries resulting from falling artillery shell in the Church of the same town of the Donetsk region.

" Today the people of Ukraine is going through probably one of the toughest periods in its history.

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