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      Statement of religious leaders regarding Russian attacks on the Ukrainian power grid

      “For you Lord, give light to my lamp, my God brightens my darkness.”

      [Psalm 18, 29]

      On the night of March 22, Russia launched its largest attack against Ukraine’s energy system, deploying over 60 kamikaze drones and almost 90 missiles. Dozens of power facilities were damaged, including thermal and hydroelectric power stations, high-voltage networks, and regional energy grids.

      Millions of civilians across the Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Khmelnytskyi, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions now face massive power outages and crippling energy shortages, endangering the most vulnerable and threatening all life-support systems. Kharkiv, a city of 1.5 million inhabitants, is particularly stricken as Russian attacks targeted its main energy facilities, leaving residents without electricity, heat, and hot water on a night when temperatures will plummet below freezing.

      We, leaders of religious organizations in the United States, condemn these Russian attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure as war crimes. We beseech the religious leaders of Russia, especially Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, to stop supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to urge President Putin to halt terror attacks aimed at innocent civilians. We likewise urge our government and civic authorities to utilize all available just means to protect Ukraine and its people from this brutal aggression.

      "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."

      [John 1:5]

      We stand firm in our resolve: do not allow the darkness to prevail over the light.

      His Excellency Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio

      President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops,

      Archbishop for the Military Services, USA

       

      His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America

      Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

       

      His Excellency Bishop Gregory John Mansour

      Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn

       

      His Excellency Bishop Elias Zaidan

      Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles,

      Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace

       

      His Excellency Bishop John Alappatt

      St. Thomas Eparchy of Chicago, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

       

      His Excellency Bishop François Beyrouti

      Diocese of Newton for the Melkite Catholic Church in the US

       

      His Excellency Bishop Robert M. Pipta

      Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma

       

      His Excellency Bishop Francis Y. Kalabat

      Saint Thomas the Apostle Chaldean Catholic Eparchy — USA

       

      Bishop Philipos Mar Stephanos

      St. Mary, Queen of Peace Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy in the USA & Canada

       

      His Excellency Bishop Nicholas Samra

      Bishop Emeritus of Newton Melkite Church, USA 

       

      His Eminence Metropolitan Antony

      Ukrainian Orthodox Church of USA and Diaspora

       

      His Grace Metropolitan Borys Gudziak

      Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia

       

      His Eminence Archbishop Daniel

      Ukrainian Orthodox Church of USA and Diaspora

       

      His Excellency Bishop Paul Chomnycky

      Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford

       

      His Excellency Bishop Вenedict Aleksiychuk

      Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Nicholas in Chicago

       

      His Excellency Bishop Bohdan Danylo

      Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma 

       

      Rev. Viktor Prokhor

      Superintendent at Slavic District of the Assemblies of God,

      Senior Pastor at Life Christian Church in Tacoma, WA,

      Chair at the Council of Ukrainian Christian Churches of Washington State

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