Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia called for a Christmas truce in Ukraine and the Donbass from 12:00 on 6 January to 24:00 on 7 January. This has been officially announced area Moscow Patriarchate.
In his appeal, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church appealed to all parties to the conflict “so that Orthodox people could attend mass on Christmas Eve and on the day of the Nativity”, demanding that all parties to the conflict cease fires and establish a truce at Christmas. “
Formerly Patriarch Kirill compared to Russia’s mission today, with its victory over the “plague of fascism.”
He explained that Russia would again need to help the world find salvation, as it did during the Second World War.
The Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church expressed the view that the Lord called on the Russian people “with their spiritual life, their faith” to help the world “gain salvation, as they did when they defeated fascism.”