According to him, people should pray for the soldiers at the front to return home alive, and for Ukraine and its people, who “can’t be broken.” “Ukrainians kneel only to pray and never before invaders and occupiers,” said Zelenskyi, who was wearing a vysyvanka, a traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirt. He delivered the speech in front of the Saint Sophia Cathedral, built in the 11th century.
According to Zelensky, Russia broke all God’s commandments and came to kill Ukrainians. “The world sees it. God knows. And we believe: God wears an armband with the Ukrainian flag. With such an ally, life will surely triumph over death,” said the Ukrainian president, who is Jewish.
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While Western Christians celebrated Easter on March 31, Orthodox Christians, based on the Julian calendar, only have this holiday today. Other church holidays in Ukraine were adapted to the calendar of Western Christian churches after the beginning of the Russian invasion, so Christmas falls on December 25.
In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended an Easter Mass officiated by Patriarch Kirill, who is a close ally of the Kremlin chief and a fundamental supporter of the invasion of Ukraine. According to the TASS agency, Putin expressed his gratitude to the patriarch “for the fruitful cooperation in the current difficult period, when … it is so important to join efforts for the sake of the development and strengthening of the motherland.”
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