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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said gathering Ukrainian refuges successful Poland was "deeply moving"
The Archbishop of Canterbury has praised the "extraordinary courage" of the Ukrainian people, connected a sojourn to the superior Kyiv.
The Most Reverend Justin Welby said the sojourn was astir "showing solidarity" arsenic Ukraine faces a hard winter.
Across Ukraine, rocket and drone strikes person near millions without electricity, heating oregon water.
Before going to Kyiv, Mr Welby met Ukrainian refugees successful Warsaw, Poland, which helium said was "deeply moving".
In a code connected the archetypal time of his three-day visit, the Archbishop praised Ukrainians for their "extraordinary courageousness successful the look of Russia's illegal, unjust and brutal invasion."
Speaking astir gathering Ukrainian refugees, helium said: "In this play of Advent, we retrieve that Jesus was calved into struggle and persecution - and became a exile erstwhile his parents fled unit and persecution to question information successful Egypt."
He added: "I impulse Christians successful the Church of England and astir the satellite to support praying for the radical of Ukraine successful this Advent play - on with each radical caught up successful conflicts astir the satellite - and offering our solidarity and enactment successful each mode we can."
He is being accompanied connected the sojourn by the Anglican Bishop of Europe, the Rt Revd Dr Robert Innes.
The Church of England's astir elder cleric said that the bequest of the struggle successful Ukraine would proceed for a agelong time.
Mr Welby said that the state is facing a humanitarian catastrophe and needs "active outer support" to look aft the radical of Ukraine.
He cited the request for the astir basics things: "heat, warmth and shelter," whilst saying they volition besides request motivation support.
The Archbishop said the effects of warfare volition beryllium felt successful Ukraine for immoderate time
While successful the Ukrainian capital, the brace volition besides conscionable members of Christ Church Kyiv, the Church of England religion successful Kyiv.
Bishop Robert added: "I americium precise grateful to person this accidental to question to Ukraine to amusement my idiosyncratic enactment for our brothers and sisters successful Christ present astatine this hard and achy time.
"Archbishop Justin and I are present to amusement solidarity with each the churches successful Ukraine arsenic we proceed to commune for a peaceful and conscionable extremity to the war."
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