The first question was the war in Ukraine. It was plain to see how deeply people here are affected by what is happening in Ukraine. Many are uncomfortable with being here. People are longing for their homeland. There are 95,000 Ukrainians in Berlin alone, and that is a huge number. There is a great need for consolidation, and the church acts as a platform around which our people can unite.
The war showed that Russian bullets do not distinguish whether you are an Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Jew or Muslim. I recall that after those tragedies near Kyiv, in Bucha, in Irpin, when we were burying the innocently murdered... everyone understood that in the grave we are all the same.
The church as a community... experiences a very fruitful, active dialogue. However, institutional relationships exist between institutions, which can be more complex than personal ones.
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