Metropolitan Onufrios: "God does not want us to wage war or kill each other"translated

War and enmity are contrary to God's purpose for humanity, Metropolitan Onufrios stressed from Kyiv, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) on the feast of St. Sergius Radonezh, calling the faithful to seek peace through repentance, prayer and return to God. From the holy church dedicated to Saint Sergius in the Solomyansky district of Kyiv, Metropolitan Onufrios described the ongoing war in Ukraine as a tragedy for humanity and stressed that violence is contrary to the will of God. “God does not want us to wage war or kill each other. God created man to live in peace with God and with each other so that we can all live as one family,” he said.

He pointed out that today people are often divided by conflicting interests, ideas and goals, which leads to hostility and violence. "Today, people are divided all over the world. Everyone has their own interests, their own ideas and their own goals. And we live in enmity towards one another: people…