UOC bishop on standing at VR: It's not a policy but a miracle-hoping prayer
Bishop Victor of Baryshevka. Photo: facebook.com/V.D.Kotsaba
The prayer standing of the UOC believers near the walls of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is not a political action or a demonstration of the strength and multiplicity of the faithful to the Church, but the hope for a miracle that the authorities who were elected by us will finally see people in us, rather than a "religious organization", wrote the Head of the UOC Representatives to European International Organizations, Bishop Victor (Kotsaba) of Baryshevka, in his Telegram channel.
The bishop recalled that prayer is always hope, a testimony that the world in which we live, despite all its imperfections and outward adherence to evil, is filled with miracles. “We, believers, know very well that this world exists only thanks to a miracle. Indeed, by and large, true love is a miracle. Friendship, mercy, mutual respect and everything that is good and beneficial – all this is a miracle,” said Bishop Victor.
He noted that the parliamentarians must finally understand that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is not some kind of structure or "religious organization", but living people who witness the presence of Christ on earth. These are real people in whom you need to see your mothers, brothers and sisters. “And perhaps, as soon as politicians stop seeing the Church as a ‘religious organization’, a miracle will also appear in their lives. The miracle of love for God and neighbors,” summed up the hierarch of the UOC.
As the UOJ reported, on June 15, a prayer standing of the UOC believers took place near the Verkhovna Rada.
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