Kyiv-Backed Church Lets Ukrainians Move Christmas to Break with Russians
BOBRYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainians usually celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, as do the Russians. But not this year, or at least not all of them.
BOBRYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainians usually celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, as do the Russians. But not this year, or at least not all of them.
Russian officials have denounced the Ukrainian government as “enemies of Christ and the Orthodox faith” over security service raids on churches accused of links to Moscow.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew called on Christians Sunday to “fervent prayer with all our hearts for the preservation of peace in Ukraine.”