“At the first opportunity, we display vanity and pride. We show that we lack mercy and behave arrogantly towards our neighbours

“they fail to follow the example of the mercy they have received from God

“All these events remind us to some extent of our own time, in which the zealous followers of the Russian Patriarchate act in the same way as the opponents of the Apostle Paul,” he said. “They accuse us, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, because we did not receive recognition from them or according to rules they invented. They interpret our humility and patience towards the continued existence in Ukraine of a jurisdiction subordinate to Moscow, as well as our calls for dialogue and ecclesiastical peace, as supposed evidence of our weakness and their own correctness.

Metropolitan Epifaniy ›

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“people often ask God for forgiveness and feel that they have received His mercy, but fail to show the same mercy to others