The Lovchan diocese of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has published an appeal from the brethren of the Zograf Bulgarian monastery on Mount Athos to Metropolitan Onufry of Kyiv and All Ukraine.

“Our brotherhood remembers how you came to us on your pilgrimage visits to the Holy Mountain, and together we prayed to our common Creator and communed the Holy Mysteries of Christ. This was the case with other bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, with priests and believers,” the statement says. circulation.

It is also noted that “just as we used to share the joy of fellowship and brotherly love, so now we sympathize with the great sorrows that befell the Church of Christ in Ukraine.”

The brethren of the monastery are sure that “according to God’s providence, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church will come out cleansed from the crucible of persecution. We also join your humble prayers for world peace and for the triumph of justice and truth in your land.”