The changes will be for the better: Epiphanius told how the war influenced the PCC (video)

According to the abbot of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, people who support the transition to a new calendar may be more than those who want to follow the usual style. In connection with the beginning of the full -scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the pace of reforms in the PCU has significantly accelerated. The rector of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine Epiphanius in an interview with "1+1" told about it.

"We embarked on the reform of the church calendar. Last year, I said that it took a few years, but in connection with the war we see that this process is happening very quickly and dynamically," says the head of the PCU. According to the clergyman, the Ukrainian Church responds to the request of its parishioners. According to surveys, the number of those who want to change may exceed the number of those who prefer to live on the old calendar.

"It is not only a celebration of Christmas, it concerns the celebration of other church dates during the year we are very accustomed to. If you change them, we have to realize that we are on the rails of a new calendar," Epiphanius said. According to the Metropolitan, the Holy Synod will allow individual parishes to completely move to the Gregorian calendar at their request.

The PCU's abbot also appealed to the Ukrainians, noting that 2022 became very difficult and wished that this year he became the victorious year for Ukraine. "The world in freedom is also a world, but we do not strive for such a world. We are fighting to the end so that the just world in Ukraine comes in Ukraine," the Metropolitan summed up. We will remind that the reserve "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra" concluded an agreement with the PCU for the service on January 7 from 8 am to 12 o'clock.