TODAY ALL P.Ts.U. CHURCHES ARE PRAYING FOR UKRAINE, FOR TROOPS, AND FOR VICTORY
The primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
(PTsU),
Metropolitan
Epifany, gave his blessing for the feast day of the Presentation
of the Lord,
15 February, for lifting up fervent prayers for Ukraine, for our
troops, for
victory of the right, and for a just peace. Metropolitan Epifany
reported this
on his page in Facebook.
"As a people, we must be ready to resist the enemy, if he still decides, in violation of the law of God and man, to multiply his crimes and if he decides to move into open war from the covert war that Moscow has been conducting against Ukraine for eight consecutive years.
"The truth is that on our side, on the side of the Ukrainian people who are fighting for our own home and our own land and not for someone else's, is the struggle for freedom and not for enslavement. And where there is truth, there is God's help and victory. Victory over the aggressor and the achievement of a just peace are impossible without God's help and without prayer. Therefore as the primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, I bless that on 15 February, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, in all churches fervent prayers be raised for Ukraine, for the victory of truth and a just peace, and for our troops. Great God, the One, save Ukraine for us," the primate of the PTsU urged.
The PTsU also published the texts of prayers for Ukraine, for our troops, for the victory of the truth, and for a just peace. It is these prayers that will resound today in the churches of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. (tr. by PDS, posted 15 February 2022)
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