"Blood of Ukrainian children is on the hands of tyrants, soldiers, and the MP’s Gundyaev," - the Head of the OCU
The head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Epifaniy, wrote about this on his Facebook page.
"However, among all these tragic reports that tear our hearts every day, the news of the Russian brutality against peaceful residents of Odessa, about the death of five children and their relatives from the strike of Russian weapons - touches the heart in a special way, except for a heart of stone.
4-month-old Timofiy, 7-month-old Liza, 3-year-old Mark, 8-year-old Zlata, and Sergiychik, who would have turned 10 in July. These names are added to the number of over five hundred Ukrainian children whose lives have already been cut short by the evil will of Russian invaders," Metropolitan Epifaniy noted.
The Primate emphasized that their blood is on the hands of all those who give orders to the Russian military and carry them out, on the hands of those who continue to serve tyranny and justify it.
"This includes the head of the Moscow Patriarchate Gundyaev and his minions, who nurture the ideology of the 'Russian world' and consider this diabolical war 'sacred'," he remarked.
The head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine equated the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church to pagans.
"Like the pagans of the past, who sacrificed children to the idol of the empire, you shed the blood of Ukrainian children. For this terrible sin before God and humanity, let all the biblical curses, determined for the devil and his servants, fall upon you!
To all the innocent ones who perished at the hands of these servants of Satan, I wish eternal memory and the Kingdom of Heaven! May the Lord rest their souls with the saints, and may He give strength to their relatives and loved ones to bear the pain of tragic loss. Our prayers and condolences are with you," Metropolitan Epiphaniy emphasized.
