Greetings on today’s ancient feast –
The Entry of the Theotokos Into the Temple
Dec. 4/Nov. 21

O God our Saviour, we pray for mercy, life, peace,
health, reconciliation, and salvation for those who are
suffering, wounded, grieving, or displaced.

We pray for the end of the war in Ukraine, Gaza,
Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and the Holy Land.

We pray for those who have lost their lives because
of the war and turmoil: and that the Lord our God may look upon them with mercy, giving them rest where there is
neither sickness nor sorrow, but life everlasting.

To Thee do we send up glory, to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever and
unto the ages of ages. Amen.

*His Eminence Metropolitan Mark of Berlin and Germany of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia states that the Russian Orthodox Church is being negatively affected by the fratricidal war in Ukraine, and should be immediately stopped. 
When asked, “Should the Russians pull out of Ukraine?”
He responded: “Is that a question? Yes, definitely! And completely.”
When asked his view on the war, Metropolitan Mark answers plainly:
“I consider this war a crime.”