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13.08.2008, [17:31] // Speech, greeting, press release // RISU.ORG.UA

Bishop Paul Peter Jesep, the USA spokesperson for the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Kyiv-Patriarchate (UAOC), Ukraine's third largest Orthodox church, issued a statement condemning what he called the “Russian invasion” of Georgia. Information received on 13 August 2008.

Bishop Paul Peter Jesep
By Appointment of His Beatitude
Metropolitan Myfodii of Kyiv and All Ukraine
Director of Public Affairs and Government Relations in the United States

Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
Kyiv Patriarchate

Wednesday, 13 August 2008

UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALOUS ORTHODOX
PLEDGE SPIRITUAL SOLIDARITY WITH GEORGIA
UAOC Condemns Russian Invasion

"All Orthodoxy must stand with their Georgian sisters and brothers to denounce the Russian invasion of a peaceful, democratic people in an ancient, non-Russian land," Bishop Jesep said. "This is not a complicated, international political matter. Russia has invaded a democracy. Georgia, by its committed example to liberty, is a threat to Moscow. World Orthodoxy has a duty to stand with Georgia."

Bishop Jesep concluded by saying, "God bless Georgia, her people, and President Mikheil Saakashvili now and always. Ukrainian Orthodoxy is one with our Georgian sisters and brothers."

Bishop Jesep is the Director of Public Affairs and Government Relations of the UAOC, Ukraine's third largest Orthodox Church, By Appointment of His Beatitude Metropolitan Myfodii of Kyiv and All Ukraine of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Kyiv-Patriarchate

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