AUCCRO urges to hold Russian Church accountable after shelling of Okhmatdyt

Victims in Okhmatdyt. Photo: AUCCRO

On July 8, the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations condemned the attack by the Russian Federation and urged the global community to respond to it, according to a statement on the organization's website.

The Council calls for:

Additionally, the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations calls for holding the Russian Orthodox Church accountable, which supports Russia's aggression, "incites interethnic and interfaith enmity, and through preaching the ideology of the 'Russian world' encourages genocide of the Ukrainian people."

As reported by the UOJ, His Beatitude expressed condolences over the missile shelling of Kyiv and called for earnest prayers for the victims.

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