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   Metropolitan Onuphry’s Address to the Faithful of Ukraine   
      
   Source: Orthodox Life (Russian)   
      
   The Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church urged Ukrainians to show   
   love for the Motherland and each other, and urged the President of   
   Russia to stop the war immediately.   
   Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine | 24 February 2022   
   Metropolitan Onuphry’s Address to the Faithful of Ukraine   
      
   Address   
      
   His Beatitude Onuphry, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine,   
      
   to the faithful and citizens of Ukraine,   
      
   Dear brothers and sisters! Faithful to our Ukrainian Orthodox Church!   
      
   As the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, I address you and all   
   citizens of Ukraine. A disaster has happened. Unfortunately, Russia   
   has launched military operations against Ukraine, and at this fateful   
   time I urge you not to panic, be courageous and to show love for your   
   Motherland and for each other. I urge you, first of all, to intensify   
   repentant prayer for Ukraine, for our army and our people, I ask you   
   to forget mutual strife and misunderstandings and unite in love for   
   God and our Motherland.   
      
   In this tragic time, we express our special love and support to our   
   soldiers who stand guard and protect and defend our land and our   
   people. May God bless and keep them!   
      
   Defending the sovereignty and integrity of Ukraine, we appeal to the   
   President of Russia and ask him to immediately stop the fratricidal   
   war. The Ukrainian and Russian peoples came out of the Dnieper   
   baptismal font, and the war between these peoples is a repetition of   
   the sin of Cain, who out of envy killed his own brother. Such a war is   
   not justified either by God or by people.   
      
   I call on everyone to common sense, which teaches us to solve our   
   earthly problems in mutual dialogue and mutual understanding, and I   
   sincerely hope that God will forgive us our sins and God’s peace will   
   reign on our earth and throughout the world!   
      
   + ONUPHRY,   
      
   Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine   
      
   Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church   
      
   Translated by pravmir.com   
      
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