3 minutes agoZelensky: 113 Church Ruined by Bombing
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian artillery has “destroyed” 113 churches during the “wide-scale” war with Ukraine. In his night speech Saturday, Zelensky said: “Midis are ancient, those that resisted World War II, but did not resist the Russian occupation”. There are also those that [...]
In his Saturday night speech, Zelensky said: “Midis are ancient, those that resisted World War II, but did not resist the Russian occupation”.
There are also those that were built after 1991. Reconstruction of the Saints of the Sviatohirsk Lavra began in 2001. June 10th would be another anniversary of the start of construction,” he said.
Earlier on Saturday, CNN reported that the Church of All Saints in Sviatohirsk Lavra was “destroyed” by Russian grants.
Zelensky noted in his speech that “is not the first grant of the Lavra” and “the Lavra monks were killed by the Russian bombings Wednesday. Worship services are forced to stay in the basement. ”
According to the president, the sound of Russian artillery at the entrance is the ongoing “” in Lavra.
Zelensky stressed that Sviatohirsk Lavra “belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is still considered in Moscow as linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, but that too does not prevent the Russian Army”. /abcnews.al/
