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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChristmas greetings of the President of Ukraine to Western Rite Orthodox Christians
Dear people!
These days, millions of people in Ukraine and the world celebrate Christmas. The appearance of the Son of God gave people hope for salvation, faith in the victory of goodness and mercy.
Unfortunately, all the holidays have a bitter aftertaste for us this year. And we can feel the traditional Spirit of Christmas differently. Dinner at the family table cannot be so tasty and warm. There may be empty chairs around it. And our houses and streets can't be so bright. And Christmas bells can ring not so loudly and inspiringly. Through air raid sirens, or even worse gunshots and explosions. And all this together can pose a bigger threat. It is a disappointment. Of the higher forces and their power, of goodness and justice in the world. Loss of hope. Loss of love. Loss of myself...
But isn't this what evil and darkness, which have taken up arms against us, want in their essence?
We have been resisting them for more than three hundred days and eight years. And will we allow them to achieve what they want?
In this battle, we have another powerful and effective weapon. The hammer and sword of our spirit and consciousness. The wisdom of God. Courage and bravery. Virtues that incline us to do good and overcome evil.
The main act of courage is endurance and completion of one's work to the end, despite everything. The truth illuminates our path. We know it. We defend it. Our truth is a struggle for freedom. Freedom comes at a high price. But slavery has an even higher price.
more at link
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/vitannya-prezidenta-ukrayini-hristiyanam-zahidnogo-obryadu-z-80069
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Christmas greetings of the President of Ukraine to Western Rite Orthodox Christians (Original Post)
Wicked Blue
Dec 2022
OP
Many Ukrainians are changing Christmas to Dec 25, to get away from Russian ideas
relayerbob
Dec 2022
#6
I think also it's partly because the official Russian Orthodox Church has condemned them
Wicked Blue
Dec 2022
#7
Deuxcents
(19,194 posts)1. I so admire him and his fellow Ukrainians 🇺🇦
If there is a god, please stop the suffering for them and all oppressed peoples
republianmushroom
(17,100 posts)4. YES
Mme. Defarge
(8,462 posts)2. Now
Im crying.
Lovie777
(14,510 posts)3. All that death, suffering, pain and destruction ....
and yet Ukrainians persist.
GOD bless.
Sneederbunk
(14,965 posts)5. The man and the hour.
relayerbob
(6,944 posts)6. Many Ukrainians are changing Christmas to Dec 25, to get away from Russian ideas
https://post.news/article/2JNONVVErzVvWyCa6OUvjSWyF09
or on twitter:
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or on twitter:
Link to tweet
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Wicked Blue
(6,514 posts)7. I think also it's partly because the official Russian Orthodox Church has condemned them
The RO church leaders publicly have called Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people satanic, demons, heretics, evil, etc. The RO church strongly supports putin and the war. It has called for genocide of Ukrainians.
relayerbob
(6,944 posts)8. Yes, just couldn't get all that in the title nt
Thanks!