The Primate of the Cypriot Church expressed regret for the invasion of Ukraine and the departing souls.
Archbishop Chrysostomos II[/B] said in statements to state television and journalist Stella Michael that Putin may go to church and do penance but at the same time he kills.
"I want to express my regret for what is happening in Ukraine. The huge mistake the Russian President is making to flatten a great country and he doesn't care how many souls will be left by this act. Every human being is an image of God and must be respected. Mr Putin can go to church, do penance, make the sign of the cross, take communion, but at the same time he kills. Is this his orthodoxy?"
The Archbishop also referred to the issue of the Ukrainian Church's autocephaly, speaking of the Ecumenical Patriarch's and his own vindication in granting and supporting autocephaly."
"I was not contradicted but the brothers who said that the whole Ukrainian issue is theological and ecclesiastical."
I was not contradicted but the brothers who said that the whole Ukrainian issue is theological and ecclesiastical. It was revealed beyond doubt that it is political. It is the policy that Putin wants to implement, that he wanted from the very beginning and he got the ecclesiastical involved. I think things are clear and the Ecumenical Patriarch is fully justified and not to forget that half of Orthodoxy was under communism and to this day they are influenced by the Russians," the Archbishop said.
In conclusion, the Archbishop responded to the issue of his health, after the operation he underwent for a fracture in his hand.
"I have a lot of patience, faith, courage, I don't count on anything. I have everything in God, I believe in Him, in Him I have my hopes and I believe that I will do well," the Primate of the Cyprus Church said.
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