God bless our Ukrainian Orthodox Church and you, Father Andriy!
Our prayer is that the hearts of those who are in power be softened and that people repent of their sins against the Church.
Many have questioned the motive behind the war – profiteering of defense contractors, depopulation goals by global corporations for land reclamation, and oil and gas of course.
If the Orthodox in modern day Ukraine, so long part of the Imperial Russian Empire, have always used the Julian calendar for liturgical calculation, why would some Orthodox suddenly use the Gregorian calendar this year? What has the reaction of the faithful been?
A Series of Questions and Answers with an Orthodox Hieromonk