Monday, November 22, 2010

Patriarch Kirill: Church Backs Flock in Ukraine; Tells Kiev Crowd That Ukraine Is Indispensable

The Russian Orthodox Church is determined to spare no effort for supporting its flock in Ukraine.

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia told this to clergy, monks, nuns, and pilgrims assembled in a historic Orthodox monastery in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, the Voice of Russia website reports today (November 22, 2010).

His Holiness is in Ukraine to attend events for the 75th birthday of his Church's primate in that country, Metropolitan Vladimir.

Patriarch Kirill is touring Ukraine with a revered icon once prayed before by the 19th century Russian saint, Father Seraphim of Sarov.

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