Bartholomew wishes that the coming year 2023 will be “a time of peace, love and unity, indeed a year of the righteousness of our Lord.”
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew congratulated Ukrainians on Christmas and said that the Great Church of Christ admires the courage and valor of the Ukrainian people.
“The Holy Great Church of Christ – which brought the Christian faith and Byzantine civilization to your homeland, Kievan Rus, at the end of the 10th century – continues to admire the courage, bravery and valor of the Ukrainian people, who showing the whole world true devotion and boundless love for their country,” – greetings.
He recalled that this year the good news about Christmas was heard together with the noise of war provoked by “the invasion of the Russian Federation in February”, which was “the worst geopolitical and humanitarian crisis in Europe since the end of the Second World War” and “negatively affects the environment. environment and society around the world”.
According to the Ecumenical Patriarch, the Mother Church today especially thinks about the Ukrainians, who this year celebrate the Nativity of Christ “in this cold season … without electricity, without heating”, and tirelessly praying for the “immediate restoration of peace and justice, for the revival of Ukraine “.
Bartholomew wishes that the coming year 2023 will be “a time of peace, love and unity, indeed a year of the righteousness of our Lord.”
The Ecumenical Patriarch believes that “only unity among the Ukrainian people can overcome evil and darkness.”
It will be remembered that Pope Francis in his Christmas message called on those in power to silence the weapons and end the war in Ukraine.
Source: korrespondent
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