Head of the UGCC urges everyone who is able to go to church and sacrifice Holy Communion for our soldiers

Tuesday, 01 March 2022, 20:02

Everyone who have the opportunity to go to church, participate in the Divine Liturgy. Confess, take communion, receive the Eucharistic Christ and sacrifice Him for those who cannot be present at the Service today. Sacrifice Holy Communion for our soldiers. Our life is in their hands.

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His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, appealed for people from Kyiv and added: "Sacrifice Him for those who are wounded today, destitute, who are on the roads as refugees of this murderous war in Ukraine."

“Greetings from Ukrainian Kyiv! Today is Sunday, February 27, 2022. We had another terrible night. But after night day comes, morning comes, after darkness comes light. Similarly, after death the resurrection comes, which we all celebrate today”, - he said.

“However, today Kyiv citizens will not be able to go to church because curfew has been declared and everyone must be at home due to the threat to human lives. But then the church will come to the people. Our priests will go to the underground, to the bomb shelters and will perform Divine Liturgies”, the Head of the Church informed.

He emphasized that Church stays with their people.

His Beatitude Sviatoslav expressed his sincere gratitude to all those who defend Ukraine in various ways. We see that all public services, in particular in Kyiv, are working on the highest level. "We once doubted whether our institutions are strong. Now we see that our state has passed and is passing the test of strength," he said.

The Head of the UGCC thanks our soldiers, as well as the Emergency Situations Service of Ukraine, which today is rescuing the wounded, our medics who saved hundreds of lives that night, our firefighters who put out hundreds of fires throughout Ukraine. He thanked everyone who worked for victory.

“I want to appeal to our people in the settlements, our brothers and sisters in different countries of the world. Thank you for empathizing with us. Thank you to our bishops from Australia, Argentina, Brazil, North America, and Western Europe, who have organized a great national solidarity with our Ukrainian people. Thank you for trying to tell the world the truth about Ukraine today, collecting humanitarian aid, medicines or just praying for Ukraine's victory”, he said.

The Head of the UGCC from the Holy Mountains of Kyiv, from our capital city of Kyiv, gave everyone a joyful Sunday blessing.

The UGCC Department for Information