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World Council joins Graham in appeal for an Easter cease-fire

World Council of Churches urges Patriarch Kirill to lobby for Easter cease-fire

World Council of Churches thinking of the refugees.
by: Jack Jenkins April 19, 2022 (RNS) — The head of the World Council of Churches is urging Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, toRead More

Graham returns from Ukraine visit.

Franklin Graham writes to Putin, Zelenskyy to ask for a cease-fire during Holy Week

Graham asks for Holy Week. He prays with Lviv staff. cease-fire.
by: Yonat Shimron March31, 2022 (RNS) — Fresh from a two-day visit to Ukraine, the Rev. Franklin Graham said he wrote to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin and Ukraine PresidentRead More

“With broken hearts, we are making an earnest plea that you use your voice and profound influence to call for an end to the hostilities and war in Ukraine and intervene...”

US Christian leaders ask Kirill to speak out, ‘reconsider’ comments on Ukraine

Patriarch Kirill
by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, March 11, 2022 (RNS) — More than 100 U.S. Christian leaders, including the leaders of multiple denominations, sent a letter to the head of the RussianRead More

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Putin assails Ukraine Orthodox church reform

Russian President Vladimir Putin
by: The Associated Press Jan 31, 2019 MOSCOW (AP) – President Vladimir Putin has criticized Ukraine’s move to set up a new Orthodox church independent from Moscow and promised toRead More