The women still held the cross together during the 13th station, but the arguments of the Ukrainian side in the Apostolic Capital were heeded.
The procession in the Colosseum took place on April 15 with the participation of Ukrainian and Russian women. The women, who left their countries 20 years ago and came to Italy, work together at a local hospice. They held the cross together during the 13th station, according to the preliminary plan, this stop was to be accompanied by a text of reflection, which reads thesis about “brotherly peoples”. But at the request of Kiev it was canceled and invited to pray in silence. This was announced by Ambassador of Ukraine to the Vatican Andriy Yurash.
The arguments of the Ukrainian side (and the official statement and the corresponding note of the Embassy of Ukraine at the Holy See were the first in a series of other similar appeals) were treated in the Apostolic Capital: instead of the planned lengthy text it is suggested to pray in silence, “he said.
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Odds that the Holy See would change the text and content of the procession published in official sources was not enough. But it was also impossible not to react to it, Yurash is convinced.
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On the Vatican's reaction “Before the face of death, silence is more eloquent than words. So let's stop in prayerful silence and let everyone pray in their hearts for peace in the world,” he said. a call to prayer, after which silence fell over the square.
Last month we reported that dozens of communities and several monasteries in different regions of Ukraine have joined the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Earlier, the Holy Synod of the PCU called on bishops, clergy and parishioners of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Moscow patriarchate “imitate Thomas” and join the PCU.
