Onufry gave the conquerors a prayer book, icon and chocolate bar, and sang “many years” at the prayer service.
The Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the MP (Moscow Patriarchate), Metropolitan Onufry, met with the captured invaders in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. It was announced on Sunday, August 21, on the YouTube channel of journalist and blogger Vladimir Zolkin.
At the same time, Onufry asked for the health of the conquerors and to return home.
“I want to wish you health, so that the Lord will return you to your land, families. So that you can see mothers, sisters, wives, children, brothers, friends. I want you to tell them the these words: we do not want war. We do not want our cities and towns to be destroyed, so that our and your people die. We do not want mothers in Ukraine or in Russia to meet their dead son and cry them bitter, unflattering tears. It must be stopped, it can be stopped,” he said. hierarchy.
According to Onuphry, fighting can be stopped with a “word of love,” while the leaders of Russia and Ukraine need to “find a word of love that stops all evil.”
“Our UOC did everything so that the Russian and Ukrainian people lived in peace, harmony and love. It turned out as it did,” said the head of the Moscow Patriarchate UOC church.
Onufry also added that he was praying for “all the people” in the “battle”.
“I want to ask that God protect you, all the people on the battlefield,” said the metropolitan.
He also distributed to the conquerors a prayer book, an icon and a chocolate bar, and at the prayer service all the prisoners present sang the name “many years”. After a short service and an informal conversation in the office, Onufry spoke personally with each of the prisoners.
It will be remembered that in early July, the UOC and the OCU signed a “Declaration of Mutual Understanding”. Clergy representatives noted the unanimity of views in condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine and called on the hierarchs to start an official dialogue between the UOC and the OCU.
At the same time, in May, the UOC-MP Council adopted a decision on full independence. The Council also expressed disapproval of the position of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia regarding the war in Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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