{"id":2390,"date":"2022-02-25T18:36:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T16:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2022-02-25T18:36:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T16:36:37","slug":"wcc-urges-to-stop-this-war-and-to-restore-peace-to-the-people-and-nation-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/25\/wcc-urges-to-stop-this-war-and-to-restore-peace-to-the-people-and-nation-of-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"WCC urges to stop this war, and to restore peace to the people and nation of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The World Council of Churches affirms and supports the appeal issued on 24 February 2022 by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate),\u201d said Sauca. \u201cRecalling the ties of history and affinity between the Ukrainian people and the Russian people, His Beatitude called directly on President Putin to stop the war, which he likened to Cain&#8217;s 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