Persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
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And during Lent, no less. Remember them please in your prayers. Satan and his demonic forces are in full swing right now.
Minister of Culture calls the relics at the Lavra "museum exhibits." What a God-hating regime.
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Minister of Culture calls relics of Kiev Caves “museum exhibits,” threatens Church with criminal responsibility
The Ministry of Culture informed the brotherhood of the Lavra last week that they have until March 29 to entirely vacate the monastery.
"The video below shows thousands of faithful chanting the Nicene Creed together on the square outside the [Kiev Lavra] church." Overfill crowd is outside.
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Thousands of Orthodox Ukrainians fill Kiev Caves Lavra as state continues to persecute the monastery (+VIDEOS)
The Orthodox faithful of Kiev came out in force on Sunday to worship and show their love and support for holy Orthodoxy.
An important message from our Bishop here in the UK (and of Western Europe), Bishop Irenei (Steenberg):
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While it is addressed primarily towards the parishes and communities within this diocese, it is inspiring for all Orthodox faithful nonetheless to follow his advice and do more in their personal prayer rule and spiritual life to send up more petitions to God for the Ukrainian Orthodox monastics, clergy and lay people being persecuted here. I must admit it's only in the past week or so that it's really started to dawn on me the gravity of the situation.
We were blessed to receive Bishop Irenei in our small mission parish last week for a Presanctified Liturgy and for the feast day of St Chad, our patron saint. He's a very warm humble man, with a fatherly disposition of stern discipline but also gentleness. Hopefully I will see him again in the coming weeks, he is performing a special Unction service at his cathedral in London, and also up in Wallasey (near Liverpool), for any Orthodox Brits interested on this forum it would be worth making the journey as we've been told it's a rare opportunity. DM me for details.
A Call For Prayer: Persecution against the Kiev Cave Monks. Bishop Irenei (Steenberg)
To all pious Christians, above all I exhort you to pray. Pray to our Almighty God that He will work a miracle amongst His pious flock in Ukraine.
While it is addressed primarily towards the parishes and communities within this diocese, it is inspiring for all Orthodox faithful nonetheless to follow his advice and do more in their personal prayer rule and spiritual life to send up more petitions to God for the Ukrainian Orthodox monastics, clergy and lay people being persecuted here. I must admit it's only in the past week or so that it's really started to dawn on me the gravity of the situation.
We were blessed to receive Bishop Irenei in our small mission parish last week for a Presanctified Liturgy and for the feast day of St Chad, our patron saint. He's a very warm humble man, with a fatherly disposition of stern discipline but also gentleness. Hopefully I will see him again in the coming weeks, he is performing a special Unction service at his cathedral in London, and also up in Wallasey (near Liverpool), for any Orthodox Brits interested on this forum it would be worth making the journey as we've been told it's a rare opportunity. DM me for details.