On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we share with the world community the grief for the victims of this terrible tragedy of the last century, which has not passed Ukrainian lands. After the two Holodomors of 1921-1923 and 1932-1933, the Holocaust became yet another act of genocide, killing more than one and a half million people: women, men, and children…
That’s according to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epifaniy.
It was not just a tragedy, it was a deliberate crime – against the Jewish people, the Roma, against peaceful people, against humanity, against life, and against God. For it was the rejection of God, His laws of love and mercy, that led to self-aggrandizement, selfishness, and superiority over others. This is the reason why atheistic ideologies of Bolshevism, Nazism, and racism emerge…
I pray that the All-Merciful Lord will grant people the wisdom to draw the right conclusions, learn the lessons of history and, fulfill one of the greatest commandments of our Lord Jesus Christ, love of neighbor.
