Zelensky hosts Rabbis from all over Ukraine
Zelensky received a Jewish menorah as a gift from the rabbis. Photo: screenshot of Zelensky’s telegram channel
On September 14, 2023, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, with the assistance of the head of State Ethnic Policy Viktor Yelensky, hosted rabbis from Bila Tserkva, Berdychiv, Vinnytsia, Hadyach, Dnipro, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kamensky, Kyiv, Luhansk, Kremenchuh, Kryvyi Rih, Kropyvnytskyi, Lviv , Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Uman, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, reports Zelensky’s telegram channel.
The President listened to one of the rabbis play the shofar (the synagogue's Jewish horn) and also thanked the Jewish leaders for their prayers and for not leaving the country.
“You travel a lot around the world. And a very important point is that you bring to the world the truth that is happening in Ukraine regarding the Russian Federation, the consequences of their aggression on our land,” Zelensky said.
He also congratulated the Jews on the upcoming Jewish New Year.
In turn, the rabbis presented Zelensky with a Jewish menorah.
Earlier, the UOJ wrote that Zelensky refused to receive the Primate and synodals of the UOC.
Read also
OCU dean sentenced for murder in Poltava Region
A court has sentenced OCU cleric Dmytro Kulychkovskyi to seven years in prison.
UOC parishes in Europe donate funds for treatment of Ukrainian soldiers
With the donated funds, medical personnel purchased surgical equipment.
Monastic tonsures performed in UOC's Alexandrian and Mukachevo Eparchies
Three new monks have joined the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Trump issues official Holy Week Message
The U.S. President pledges to defend Christianity in schools, the military, and public institutions.
UOC Chancellor shares details of SBU searches at Kyiv Metropolia
SBU officers seized three computers.
Media: Archbishop of Constantinople accuses Dumenko of violating the Tomos
While in the U.S., Epifaniy refused to concelebrate with the head of the Archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Archbishop Elpidophoros.