Alexey Mikheev. Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill has hopes to visit Ukraine and to make common prayer with the residents of Kiev.

"I have a dream that sure able to visit the Ukrainian land that I can pray with the people of Kiev and inhabitants of other cities. The Ministry of Patriarch has nothing to do with politics and political conflict, and the Patriarch always brings peace, " said the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church at the meeting with children from Krivoi Rog in the Epiphany Cathedral of the Russian capital.

"I very love Ukraine, and next to me always was and there are many Ukrainians" - noted the Hierarch.

according to him, the Church at the present time there are "no forces to influence the political situation" except pray." We pray about the fact that citizens have returned to their homes and to have established fraternal relations between those who are currently located on different sides of the conflict, " said Patriarch Kirill.

On Tuesday, the Primate of the ROC met with the children and youth dance group "Gorytsvit" a pilgrimage trip to Russia. According to the press Secretary of the Patriarch deacon Alexander Volkov, the journey they began with prayers for peace in Ukraine at Epiphany Cathedral." The Ukrainian children ask for peace in Ukraine, and our Church is doing everything to ensure that this peace has come ", - noted the spokesman.

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