Metropolitan Epifaniy called military chaplains a real spiritual shield of Ukraine, supporting and caring for servicemen.<\/p>\n
“Today, on the day of remembrance of St. Martin of Tours, who is considered the founder and patron of the chaplaincy, we pray with special gratitude and respect for our chaplains. For those who have been a real spiritual shield of Ukraine for seven years of this undeclared Russo-Ukrainian war. For those who show support for our defenders on the front line, where they know best the cost of peace and where they understand the truth that the Lord Jesus Christ often proclaimed, wishing: \u2018Peace be with you!,\u2019\u201d said Metropolitan Epifaniy<\/a>.<\/p>\n He also added that it\u2019s the spirit that wins wars so if our servicemen\u2019s spirit is strong, they will remain invincible.<\/p>\n “Your chaplaincy service \u2013 or rather your vocation, your mission \u2013 is difficult to overestimate, because relying on the will of the Lord, armed only with the word of God and faith, you maintain spiritual defenses 24\/7. It\u2019s both the external and internal defenses \u2013 so significant and important albeit invisible. Because we understand well: in war, first of all, it\u2019s the spirit that wins, and if our soldiers are strong in spirit, they will be invincible,” said Metropolitan Epifaniy.<\/p>\n “To each of you, the defenders, as well as your colleagues, the clergy, and the entire Ukrainian nation are grateful. Thank you for being alongside our defenders so far from home \u2013 as friends, counselors, psychologists, their brothers, and spiritual fathers. And also because you help our soldiers overcome fear and wreath in their hearts, alleviate the pain of loss that hurts their souls, and instill in them faith and hope that with God’s help everything will be fine. God bless you, wishing you strength and health! \u201d concluded Metropolitan Epifaniy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Metropolitan Epifaniy called military chaplains a real spiritual shield of Ukraine, supporting and caring for servicemen. “Today, on the day of remembrance of St. Martin of Tours, who is considered the founder and patron of the chaplaincy, we pray with special gratitude and respect for our chaplains. For those who have been a real spiritual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67626,"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-67694","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\/2021\/10\/248433431_441556187338908_3695723675320406065_n.jpg?fit=1438%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67694","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}