(ANSA) - MOSCOW, APR 23 - Moscow Patriarch Kirill sent a
message of congratulations to Volodymyr Zelensky on his victory
in the Ukrainian presidential election and declared that as head
of state he has ''a historic opportunity to unite the nation''.
The outgoing president, Petro Poroshenko, was the political
supporter of a new Ukrainian Church independent from the Moscow
Patriarchate, an attitude that the Russian Orthodox Church,
close to the Kremlin, did not appreciate. ''The Ukrainians who
supported his candidacy - said Patriarch Kirill, addressing
Zelensky - have high hopes for positive changes in their lives.
You have been given a historic opportunity to unite the nation
and give a contribution in order to resolve the country's
economic and social problems and find ways to overcome existing
conflicts and divisions''. (ANSA).
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