The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in turn, awarded the Primate of the OCU with a badge for assistance to the army.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny received the Order of the Holy Great Martyr Yuri the Victorious from the hands of the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epiphanius. In turn, the commander-in-chief presented the clergyman with a badge For helping the army. This was stated in a message on the Primate’s official Facebook page, published on Wednesday, December 21.
“With sincere gratitude, I received a badge from the hands of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for assistance to the army. In turn, from the whole of our Church, I presented Valery Zaluzhny with the Order of St. . Yuri the Victorious – a saint known as the winner of evil, lies, human anger, a helper in the fight against the forces of darkness “, he said.
According to Epiphanius, the Ukrainian people achieved many victories, “breaking the plans of the Kremlin tyrant to quickly conquer us.”
“We have rallied around us dozens of countries, the civilized world, people of good will, who together with us oppose the Russian tyrant and his terror,” he said.
The head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine mentioned that military service and protecting native people is something that God blesses. The Ukrainian military fulfills their calling – to sacrificially protect their neighbors.
As already reported, the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is officially registered as a monastery as part of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
Later, the Synod of the OCU explained that the registration of the monastery of the OCU Kiev-Pechersk Lavra does not change the status of the property complex of the Lavra.
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Source: korrespondent
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