The Church of Greece is raising a voice of protest for "the violent invasion of Russian troops and the war in Ukraine", while underlining the failure of everyone - even the church leaders - to prevent this war.
In a circular note read in all the churches of the country, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece condemns what is happening in Ukraine, causing so many victims, "mourning for those who are persecuted and tested". "War may be nothing new, but it does not make it any less heinous," Archbishop Hieronymos and the twelve members of the Holy Synod point out.
On the possibility of world conflict
"No provocation, no pursuit and no pretext can justify the atrocity of war," the Synod notes. "Not only does war not solve problems, but it feeds the cycle of violence, hatred, suffering, suffering, uprooting, refugeeism, starvation and the loss of human life itself, which as Christians we ought to respect, protect and honour."
"Civilians are being bombed, even children, Holy Churches and Holy Monasteries, vital infrastructure and monuments of long-standing cultural importance are being destroyed, armies of refugees are desperately seeking escape routes. Moreover, the danger of a nuclear catastrophe looms, while nothing precludes the war from taking on global dimensions", warns the Church of Greece.
On refugees
It notes that the Church has already made available to the State, in cooperation with the Ministry of Migration Policy and its structures (Refugee and Immigration Shelters of the Church's NGO "Syntypsis", the NGO of the Archdiocese of Athens "Apostoli", etc.etc.) for hosting Ukrainian refugees, especially children).
"The Church of Greece, as it did in the past during the war and the violent invasion of Serbia, Kosovo and our limp and bleeding for fifty years throughout Cyprus, stresses once again that in the case of the invasion of Ukraine, war does not resolve any human differences, however important they may be, on a social, national or global level".
"Unfortunately", the Holy Synod concludes, "through these tragic situations, our failure as human beings and especially as Christians, and even as ecclesial leaders, to live in the peace bequeathed to us by Christ is also revealed" and calls everyone to pray and do everything they can to end the tragedy of war as soon as possible.
Source: in.gr
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