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A song, then a faint glow rises from the bottom of the cave.
Gathered in a crypt of the Lavra of Kiev, place of residence of the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church attached to the Patriarchate of Moscow, about forty faithful lit by candlelight came to pray for their country.
The explosions of Russian missiles, which fell on the capital on the seventh day of the offensive launched by Vladimir Putin on Ukraine, made the rock tremble.
“Lord, protect Ukraine, give strength to the Ukrainian army
,” implores Metropolitan Pavel, Superior of Lavra.
Not a prayer for Russia, nor for Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, as tradition dictates.
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