Metropolitan Neophyte of the Church of Cyprus gave an interview to the Save and Save YouTube channel, in which he said that the war in Ukraine is part of the Third World War.
“Why did the Lord allow the outbreak of World War III? The Ukrainian question is part of the Third World War. It’s not the beginning, but it’s not the end either. History is controlled by the Lord. Many people see only the human factor, disagreements, agreements, confrontation between Russia and NATO, energy issues, but there are also spiritual reasons that some of the modern saints personally told me about,” he said.
According to the hierarch, the Lord allows war to correct people.
Metropolitan of Morph also cited the words of St. John the Russian spoken to Elder Jacob (Tsalikis).
“Elder Jacob once went to venerate the relics of St. John the Russian on the island of Euboea, he saw the saint as if alive, and John the Russian told him: “In order to correct this world, a war must begin, otherwise humanity will not change,” he noted.
