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Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol sends a video address in support for the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol sends a video address in support for the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
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11 February 2021 year 10:54

Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol, a hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, made a video address to the Ukrainian faithful calling upon them to hold on to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

“With great sorrow and heartfelt pain we follow the persecution and struggle that our Orthodox fellow-Christians wage defending their true faith and commitment to the canonical Church of Metropolitan Onufriy’, the massage states in particular, ‘we express our compassion, our love and assure you of our prayers and call upon our brothers to remain faithful to our Church and canonical Metropolitan Onyfriy of Ukraine’.

Metropolitan Athanasios called upon the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to remember that the persecution and hardships will be eventually overcome and wished them God’s blessing and fortitude in the Holy Spirit.

DECR Communication Service/Patriarchia.ru

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