In remarks at the start of a visit to the United States, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, thanked church leaders for their support and expressed his belief that continued solidarity can carry Ukraine to victory over Russia.
“Thank you very much for your tireless prayer and work for the good of Ukraine and our speedy victory in the Russian invasion,” Shevchuk said. “We will definitely win if we are together – together with God, together with each other, no matter where we live in the world, and together with Ukraine.”
Shevchuk, the archbishop of the Archeparchy of Kyiv-Galicia, made the remarks in a March 3 sermon he gave at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family in Washington, D.C. The divine liturgy Shevchuk celebrated kicked off his week-long visit to the United States, that will include meetings with church leaders and lawmakers, and stops in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New York.