Patriarch: in all the churches of the ROC will daily to pray for Ukraine

Priests and parishioners in all churches of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) each day will pray for peace in Ukraine, said the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill at the opening meeting of the Supreme Church Council (zonule) in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

" I call upon the whole Church intense prayer, the most while (Petrov) post, in which we entered. Today I was blessed to use a special prayer, which should be held After the augmented litany at the Liturgy in all churches of the Russian Orthodox Church every day, " said the Patriarch.

last weekend more than 1,000 of believers took part in the Russian-Ukrainian religious procession process that took place in the territories of the Kursk region of Russia and Sumy region of Ukraine, the bishops of the 2 neighboring dioceses prayed for peace in Ukraine.

After winning the presidential elections in Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at the end of may, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill addressed him With a call for peace, expressed hope for a speedy end to the bloodshed, the reconciliation of the Ukrainian society, securing new power good " and East, and West, and North, and the South of Ukraine ".

From the middle of April the Ukrainian law enforcers carried out a special operation With use of aviation and armored vehicles in the East of Ukraine for the suppression of the supporters of independence. In the Russian capital this special operation, which has already led to numerous casualties on both sides and among the peaceful residents, called punitive and campaigning Kiev immediately to stop her.


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