We fast and pray today to drive devil - spirit of war and death out, - Head of the UGCC

Wednesday, 02 March 2022, 22:33

I invite you all today to a prayer service, which will begin at 2 pm Kyiv time from Pokotylivka near Kharkiv. Then it will cover Odessa, Drohobych region, the glorious Hrushiv, Zarvanytsia, Hoshiv, Univ, and end here in Kyiv.

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His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said this in his daily video message from Kyiv.

“Today we are going through the seventh day of the war. On this day, March 2, 2022, following the call of the Holy Father Pope Francis to unite the whole world in prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine,” he said.

According to the Head of the UGCC, today is a special day because we feel that we are not alone in our misery, although the war continues. Our Zhytomyr was bombarded that night. Our cities and villages continue to be shelled. We are especially worried about Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kherson and other Ukrainian cities that have been closed in, where there is already a great shortage of food and medicine, and it is difficult to save the local population.

But today we are united in prayer. “What does it mean to unite in prayer? Recently, we have said that only when we are united will we be strong and able to survive this war, he said. - "The strength of people lies in unity. God, give us unity,” the national anthem says. However, unity in prayer is something deeper. To unite in prayer means to share life. It means sharing your life strength with your neighbor, giving it to your neighbor. And so to become stronger because of the life strength we receive from those who unite in prayer with me. "

His Beatitude Sviatoslav noted that these days many letters have been sent to us from all over the world with the assurance: we are with you.

"We need this mutual strengthening today. For this power, this unity, is nothing but the power and unity of the Holy Spirit. By uniting in prayer, by uniting our inner spiritual life with the world, we realize ourselves as sons and daughters of the one Church of Christ, the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. On this day, we pray and fast together," he said.

His Beatitude Sviatoslav also calls for fasting, because "in this way we will show solidarity with those who do not have enough food today." “Fasting is very important. It means doing away with everything that divides us, that hinders us, and at the same time share our lives with others. That is why this fast is so important today to drive the one who divides out - the devil, the spirit of war, the spirit of death, said the Primate of the UGCC.

The UGCC Department for Information