The meeting took place on the eve of Christmas and Hanukkah.
Zelensky met with representatives of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with representatives of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations. The head of state congratulated them on the upcoming holidays – Christmas and Hanukkah.
This was reported by the press service of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
During the meeting, the President thanked the chaplains who support the defenders at the front. He also expressed hope that military chaplaincy will continue to develop.
Volodymyr Zelensky noted that Russia is trying to use the church to influence Ukrainians who have left for abroad, so the role of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations is important for advocacy for Ukraine in the world.
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Primate of the OCU Epiphanius assured that representatives of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations convey the truth about Ukraine abroad and fight Russian propaganda.
In turn, the head of the UGCC Svyatoslav noted that Ukrainian diplomatic institutions and religious organizations should jointly support Ukrainians temporarily abroad.
In addition, the President of the Ukrainian Bible Society Grigoriy Komendant, the head of the All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christians – Baptists Valeriy Antoniuk and the senior bishop of the Ukrainian Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith Anatoliy Kozachok emphasized that the participation of religious organizations is important for defending the interests of Ukraine abroad.
The meeting was attended by: Bishop-Ordinary of the Kiev-Zhytomyr Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church Vitaliy (Krivitsky), President of the Ukrainian Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Stanislav Nosov, Senior Bishop of the Ukrainian Christian Evangelical Church Leonid Padun, Senior of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Ayder Rustemov, Bishop of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church Vyacheslav Gorpinchuk, Bishop of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church Pavel Schwartz, head of the Ukrainian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Markos Oganesyan, Pastor of the Transcarpathian Reformed Church of Ukraine Evgeniy Ziskind and the executive director of the Ukrainian Bible Society Anatoly Raichynets.
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