Russian patriarch responds to WCC general secretary’s plea for peace
Patriarch Kirill. (Photo by Alexei Nikolsky, the Presidential Press and Information Office used via Creative Commons License)
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has responded to a plea from Ioan Sauca, acting general secretary for the World Council of Churches, that he use his influence to stop the war in Ukraine.
In a letter dated March 10, Kirill, who is known to have a close relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin, praised Sauca for being a “faithful steward of the Church of Christ and tireless worker in the field of education and formation of younger generations.”
Kirill then went on to blame the current violence on the relationship between the West and Russia.
