Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed hope that there will likely be peace in Ukraine by Easter subsequent 12 months, addressing Ukrainians as many within the nation celebrated Easter Sunday for the second time because the starting of the Russian invasion.
“May next year’s Palm Sunday pass in peace and freedom for all our people!” the Ukrainian president stated in his every day video message.
“May the sincere prayers for peace of all who celebrate Easter today be heard!”
Like different members of the Ukrainian management, Zelensky wished a cheerful Easter to Ukrainians who – like Christians within the West – had been celebrating the resurrection of Jesus.
In Ukraine, an increasing number of Christians now have a good time their holidays in response to the Western ceremony relatively than the previous Julian calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church, which doesn’t have a good time Easter for one more week.
Traditionally, Orthodox Christians in Ukraine celebrated the church holidays in the identical manner as in neighbouring Russia. Following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine greater than a 12 months in the past, the general public dialogue turned stronger to additional distinguish themselves from Russia by altering the church calendar.
“Every bright Christian holiday teaches us that we may not know how, but we must be sure that evil will lose,” Zelensky stated.
“And we believe. We must bring the defeat of evil closer.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr