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# Metr. Onuphry Calls for Fidelity to Pure Orthodox Faith
- URL: https://uoj.news/news/86594-metr-onuphry-calls-for-fidelity-to-pure-orthodox-faith/
- Published: 2026-03-02T12:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T16:11:32.000Z
- Description: Metr. Onuphry urged the faithful to preserve pure Orthodox doctrine and live their faith authentically.
- Author: Tobias Straney
- Tags: #Category: News, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry, UOC, Great Lent

**KYIV —** On the first Sunday of Great Lent, the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, Metr. Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine [delivered](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItWCwLk3EMw) a sermon emphasizing the preservation of the purity of the Orthodox faith during the Divine Liturgy. Addressing the faithful, he underscored that salvation requires adherence to unaltered doctrine rather than adapting faith to personal preferences or passions.

“Just as a person, to be healed, takes the medicines that heal, not the ones they like, so too, to be saved, one must adhere to pure faith,” the Primate said. He warned against elevating human reasoning above divine revelation, stating, “Where there is human wisdom, there is no God.” Faith, he stressed, cannot be reshaped according to individual will.

[![](https://uoj.news/content/images/2026/02/86535-metr-onuphry-blesses-lenten-prayer-rule-for-peace-image-5498c45f2512.jpg)On this topicMetr. Onuphry Delivers Forgiveness Sunday Sermon at Kyiv Lavra](https://uoj.news/news/86528-metr-onuphry-delivers-forgiveness-sunday-sermon-at-kyiv-lavra/)

Reflecting on the meaning of the feast, Metr. Onuphry recalled the Church’s historic struggle against heresies and schisms, including the victory over iconoclasm. He described the Church as a “ship of salvation,” founded by Christ, and called on believers to live their Orthodoxy faithfully in both name and life.

Previously, the [UOJ reported](https://uoj.news/news/86535-metr-onuphry-blesses-lenten-prayer-rule-for-peace) that Metr. Onuphry blessed the Lenten prayer rule for peace.