On Independence Day, a Prayer for Ukraine Was Held at St. Sophia Cathedral

On the Independence Day of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska took part in the solemn prayer event “Prayer for Ukraine”.

A joint prayer for our state was proclaimed by representatives of churches and religious organizations: Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Epiphanius, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Sviatoslav, Bishop of the Kyiv-Zhytomyr Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine Vitaliy, Senior Bishop of the Ukrainian Church of the Christian Faith of Evangelical Christians Anatoliy Kozachok, President of the Ukrainian Bible Society Hryhorii Komendant, Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine Yaakov Dov Bleich, Mufti of the Religious Administration of Muslims of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Ayder Rustemov, and Head of the All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christians-Baptists Valerii Antoniuk.

They prayed for the Ukrainian state and the warriors, who defend it, congratulated Ukraine on the 33rd anniversary of its independence, and wished it victory over the enemy.