His Beatitude Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Onuphriy, in his Lenten Epistle to the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, blessed on the first Sunday of Great Lent, when the Triumph of Orthodoxy will be celebrated, in all diocesan centers of the UOC to hold the traditional religious processions and prayer stands for this day, taking into account the epidemic situation. informs the Information and Educational Department of the UOC.

The archpastor expressed his concern over the fact that, despite numerous requests and appeals, by this time in our state the laws that were adopted by the previous government, and which significantly limit the rights of believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, have not been canceled.

“I would like the voice of our believers to be heard, – said the Primate. – Therefore, I bless on the first Sunday of Great Lent, when the Triumph of Orthodoxy will be celebrated, in all diocesan centers of our Church to hold the traditional processions and prayer stances for this day, taking into account the epidemic situation. We must walk the streets of our native cities with prayer on our lips and shrines in our hands, in order to testify both our loyalty to Holy Orthodoxy and our love for our native Ukrainian land – our earthly Fatherland.”

His Beatitude emphasized: “We are citizens of Ukraine, and we have the right, won by the blood of our ancestors, to profess the Orthodox faith as bequeathed by the Apostles of Christ and the Holy Fathers.”