BBC: „Orthodox Easter messages from patriarchs in Kiev and Moscow have highlighted the deep division in Ukraine, where a tense stand-off is continuing in the east. The head of Ukraine’s Orthodox Church Patriarch Filaret accused Russia of „aggression“ and „evil“.

In his Easter message he said: „Against our peace-loving nation, which voluntarily gave up nuclear weapons, there has been aggression, there has been injustice.

Russian’s Church Patriarch Kirill asked God to end the designs of those who wanted to rip apart Russia and Ukraine.“

Sogar der Patriarch Kirill von Moskau spricht die historische Verbundenheit mit Kiew bzw. Kijiw an. Als gebürtiger Mähre hoffe ich nicht, dass folgendes in Moskau bekannt wird: Eigentlich liegt der Ursprung der russischen Kultur in Mähren – und nicht in Kiew: Die zwei Apostel Kyrill und Method von Solun bzw. Salonica, heute Thessaloniki gingen im Jahre 864 zuerst nach Mähren – also vor 1150 Jahren – und erst deren Schüler gingen dann 100 Jahre später nach Kiew, welches sich zu jener Zeit unter Wikinger Herrschaft befand.

Gemäss Wikipedia: “As Prince of Kiev, Vladimir’s most notable achievement was the Christianization of Kievan Rus‘, a process that began in 988.Vladimir had been prince of Novgorod when his father Sviatoslav I died in 972. He was forced to flee to Scandinavia in 976 after his half-brother Yaropolk had murdered his other brother Oleg and taken control of Rus. In Scandinavia, with the help of his relative Earl Håkon Sigurdsson, ruler of Norway, Vladimir assembled a viking army and reconquered Novgorod and Kiev from Yaropolk.^[93] “

Mit besten Wünschen, Georg J. Dobrovolny, Dr. oec.