{"id":173003,"date":"2023-09-14T14:35:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T11:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/df.news\/?p=173003"},"modified":"2023-09-14T14:35:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T11:35:16","slug":"metropolitan-epifaniy-the-cross-of-the-lord-will-help-us-defeat-the-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/2023\/09\/14\/metropolitan-epifaniy-the-cross-of-the-lord-will-help-us-defeat-the-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Epifaniy: The Cross of the Lord will help us defeat the enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, on the day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Metropolitan Epifaniy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/epifaniy\/posts\/pfbid0VtPncCkvNaQNxuwqZRNykbJ5bPutDxGoGMY5F7ihyaRyfZe2xGVQhPAKgRkiEbjEl?__cft__[0]=AZVDdRReC3U-rPJcJ7u6DD1nJC5UYFsFKvBcFNjVkUnhkzCBCRX5YDxEoeWLJCKGYCMIDIEg29iYKLcUIPqImNNFPfcGxSXXHSLcEYX4KBmc2BjOsjtf_9m_5hn3FylGJ_fcQAl4YK4r7NOukavolWfy&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">addressed<\/a> the faithful.<\/p>\n<p>Vladyka emphasized that the Cross is a symbol of spiritual victory over evil. Amid the brutal war against Ukraine, we raise this sacred symbol as a sign of our stability and unity in the defense of our Homeland.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan noted that just as the miraculous Sign of the Cross once helped Constantine defeat the enemy, it will help us today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We raise the Cross and with it &#8211; our strength of spirit, faith in victory, and hope. May the power of the Cross always come to our aid!&#8221; Bishop Epifaniy emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Believers pray that the sign of victory over evil will help Ukraine defeat the enemy in this war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, on the day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Metropolitan Epifaniy addressed the faithful. Vladyka emphasized that the Cross is a symbol of spiritual victory over evil. Amid the brutal war against Ukraine, we raise this sacred symbol as a sign of our stability and unity in the defense of our Homeland. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":172985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"telegram_tosend":false,"telegram_tosend_message":"","telegram_tosend_target":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5148,5142],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-173003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-church-en","8":"category-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/df.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/377578820_874770274017495_1912621091422091365_n.jpg?fit=1080%2C794&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173004,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173003\/revisions\/173004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}