Order of Saint Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Message from the Ecumenical Patriarch to the President of Ukraine on the tragedy of the Ukrainian Airlines plane crash in Iran
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew wrote in a
letter to the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that he was
deeply shocked by the tragic death of 176 people aboard the Ukraine
International Airlines plane that crashed early in the morning of
Wednesday, January 8, in Iran.
His All-Holiness expresses his heartfelt condolences, sympathy and the support of the Mother Church in praying to the all-merciful God for the repose of the souls of the victims from seven countries, and to strengthen their families and relatives in their grief.
His All-Holiness expresses his heartfelt condolences, sympathy and the support of the Mother Church in praying to the all-merciful God for the repose of the souls of the victims from seven countries, and to strengthen their families and relatives in their grief.