Posted on 02/25/2022 6:37:50 PM PST by marshmallow
n a rare break with Moscow, the leaders of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) have denounced the Russian invasion and urged their countrymen to support the Kiev government.
“Defending the sovereignty and integrity of Ukraine, we also appeal to the President of Russia to stop the fratricidal war immediately,” said Metropolitan Onufry, head of the UOC-MP. Father Mykola Danilevich, a spokesman for the UOC-MP, was more outspoken, saying: ““Putin treacherously attacked our country! We bless everyone for the defense of Ukraine!”
Metropolitan Epifany, the leader of the autocephalous Orthodox Church in Ukraine (OCU)—who has consistently supported Ukrainian independence—was predictably firm in his condemnation of the Russian offensive, which he described as “unprovoked, insidious, and cynical.” He said: “Our common task is to repel the enemy.”
In Moscow, the reaction from Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill was carefully worded: “As the Patriarch of All Russia and the primate of a Church whose flock is located in Russia, Ukraine, and other countries, I deeply empathize with everyone affected by this tragedy.”
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THIS IS HUGE
HUGE!
Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!
This is normal. Bishop Onuphry is a solid man. Orthodox, especially those in ROCOR, have been praying for peace between Russia and Ukraine for years. Funds from all over the Orthodox world are going to Biship Onuphry for him to distribute to Ukrainians and help refugees. This is normal.
The autocephalus UOC were crooks kicked out of the Church, and started their own church on the side, including Epifany. He’s a crook, not a bishop.
Many Russians are appalled with this war against a fellow Eastern Slavic Orthodox nation.
Putin is damaging Ukrainian Russian relations for generations to come
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