Metropolitan Alexander (Drabinko) prays for peace with Korchinskiy’s battalion
October 13, 2016 the Fund's confessor Metropolitan Alexander of Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky and Vishnevsky visited a base of special purpose police regiment "Kiev". This new unit, which included all volunteer special purpose battalions of GD MIA of Ukraine in Kiev: "Kiev-1", "Kiev-2", "Golden Gate", "Sich" and "Holy Mary".
The Fund’s confessor celebrated a prayer service followed by a prayer for peace in Ukraine. After that the bishop congratulated those present on the Day of the Defender of Ukraine, wished God's help in performing the service and gave each military man "A Warrior’s Book of Prayer" and then talked to the division leadership.
Last year, Metropolitan Alexander gave the icon of St. George to the Ukrainian soldiers in the ATO zone.
As previously reported by the media, the soldiers of the battalion "Holy Mary" took part in the attack on the TV channel Inter. The battalion was established on the initiative of Dmitry Korchinskiy, a leader of the "Brotherhood" party, known for his radicalism. Korchinskiy believes that it is necessary "to protect the interests of Jesus Christ using methods of the Islamic Revolution." He calls himself "ultra-radical centrist" and is a parishioner of the Kiev Patriarchate.
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