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Ukrainian war prisoners transferred with participation of the Russian Orthodox Church

Ukrainian war prisoners transferred with participation of the Russian Orthodox Church
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8 June 2023 year 21:15

On June 8, 2023, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and through the mediation of the Russian Orthodox Church as part of inter-church cooperation, at the request of the Hungarian side, a group of Ukrainian war prisoners of Transcarpathian background, who participated in active service, was transferred to Hungary.

Participating in this action conditioned by Christian humanity were Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, and Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, an adviser to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

Patriarchal Press Service

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