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Religious Leader Angers Kiev Politicians Over Call For Peace With Russia

Religious Leader Angers Kiev Politicians Over Call For Peace With Russia Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem told a delegation of politicians from Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada his belief that Ukrainians and Russians have a familial relationship, and should live together in peace. A group of politicians from Ukraine’s Radical Party in Jerusalem were left distressed by the appeal from Patriarch Theophilos III to live in peace with Russians, as well as his belief that Ukrainians and Russians have a fraternal relationship. “We believe that Ukrainians and Russians are one people,” said Patriarch Theophilos, reported Verkhovnaya Rada deputy Andrey Lozovoy, a member… View Article