UOC prays for victims of Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih
Toys on a playground in Kryvyi Rih where children were killed by a Russian missile strike. Photo: СВОЇ
Following the Divine Liturgy on April 5, 2025, the faculty and students of the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary offered prayers for all those who died as a result of Russian missile strikes on Kryvyi Rih on April 4, according to the Academy’s press service.
A memorial litia was served in the academic church dedicated to St. John of Damascus at the Intercession Monastery in Holosiiv, led by Archimandrite Markel (Pauk), a lecturer, together with the academy’s clergy and seminarians in holy orders.
“The Kyiv theological schools express their condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims. May the All-Merciful Lord grant rest to the souls of the innocently slain in the dwellings of the righteous,” the statement reads.
The service was conducted with the blessing of Archbishop Sylvester of Bilohorodka, rector of the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary.
Nineteen people were killed, including nine children, and sixty-one were injured, among them twelve children, as a result of the Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih. The city has declared days of mourning on April 7, 8, and 9 for those who perished in the recent strikes.
As previously reported by the UOJ, a Lenten cross procession with prayers for peace is taking place in the Kamyanske Eparchy.
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