Ukrainian leader to Russian Christians: The devil is using you

11-10-2022

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Ukrainian leader to Russian Christians: The devil is using you

"Today, the devil wears a military uniform and does dirty deeds." That says Valeriy Antonyuk, the head of the Evangelical Christian Baptists (ECB) in Ukraine, in a video message to Christians in Russia.

A military cadet stands in front of a billboard promoting contract army service in Saint Petersburg. Photo AFP, Olga Maltseva

Partial mobilisation: to fight or to flee?

President Putin’s call to a partial mobilisation of the Russian reservists last month, also affects young Russian Christian men. They have to choose: do I fight, or do I flee?

An Orthodox priest serving during a funeral ceremony after the bloodbath in Bucha earlier this year. Photo AFP, Sergei Chuzavkov

Religious leaders Ukraine call Russian aggression genocide

Is the Russian aggression against the Ukrainian people genocide? The Human Rights Commissioner of the Ukrainian Parliament says so. The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious organisations agree.

Metropolitan Augustine (Markevich) of Bila Tserkva and Boguslav. Photo UOC

Ukrainian metropolitan calls teachings of his Russian Patriarch heresy

According to Metropolitan Augustine of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the teachings of his patriarch Kirill that states that sins are washed away by dying on the battlefield is “heresy”. According to Augustine, sins are washed away only by the blood of Christ and repentance.

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