In connection with the threat of the resumption of full-scale hostilities in the Donbass, Metropolitan Hilarion of Donetsk and Mariupol addressed the clergy and laity of the region with a call to intensify prayer for peace and repentance, Pravlife writes.

The archpastor asked the governors and abbesses of the monasteries to reopen the doors of the monasteries for refugees and the needy.

Metropolitan Hilarion expressed gratitude to the clergy of the Donetsk diocese for their zealous service to God and people.