From Euromaiden Press
2023/03/23 – 10:30 • LATEST NEWS UKRAINE
“The Church and the State leadership in Russia cooperated in the crime of aggression, and share the responsibility for the resulting crimes, like the shocking abduction of Ukrainian children. They have provoked enormous suffering not only to the Ukrainian people, but also to the Russians, who count more than 100,000 casualties, and the responsibility for terrible atrocities,” Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said, speaking at a seminar organized in the Lithuanian Sejm on 22 March, according to the press service of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
The Orthodox leader stressed that Lithuania’s fear of Russian aggression is not unfounded. “Although Lithuania is protected since 2014 by membership to NATO, the existing anxiety and fear are not unfounded. Lithuania’s tragic history has provided its citizens with a profound and rare geopolitical sensibility and wisdom,” he stressed.
The Patriarch pointed out that the current crisis in Ukraine, occurring due to unprovoked Russian aggression, is the epicenter of a geopolitical earthquake.
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