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Death on the battlefield in the war between Russia and Ukraine is a sacrifice that will wash away all human sins.

This was announced by the Russian Patriarch Kirill, quoted by bTV.

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His statement was published by the Belarusian website NEXTA on September 25 with English subtitles.

In it, Patriarch Kirill defined the war as "fratricidal".

“We know that many die on the field of internecine warfare.

The Church prays that this war will end as quickly as possible.

And as few brothers as possible kill each other in this fratricidal war.

At the same time, the church realizes that a person driven by a sense of duty, by the need to fulfill his oath, remaining faithful to his vocation and perishing in the fulfillment of his duty, he has undoubtedly committed an act tantamount to a sacrifice.

He sacrificed himself for others, and we are confident that this sacrifice washes away all the sins that a person has committed," says the Russian patriarch.

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