ROC holds conference "Sacred War: Transformation of Russia"
Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol at the opening of the conference "Sacred War: Transformation of Russia"
Within the framework of the XXXII Christmas Readings, the Russian Orthodox Church, together with the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, held a conference "Sacred War: Transformation of Russia", dedicated to Russia's war in Ukraine, reports the Telegram channel of the Military Department of the Moscow Patriarchate.
The event, which took place on 25 January at the Central House of the Russian Army, was led by Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol. He said that the ROC had sent 707 priests to the front, making more than 2,000 deployments.
According to him, after communicating with clerics, soldiers "reveal their best qualities". And some in the trenches even "no longer shy away from Christian symbols".
The Military Department of the Moscow Patriotic Party reports that Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu sent a greeting to the conference participants, saying that in Ukraine Russian soldiers are standing "on guard of our Fatherland" and "courageously fulfilling their military duty".
As reported, according to a Russian bishop, God will save the world through Putin.
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