Ukrainske kirkeledere i Danmark
Den russiske krig mod Ukraine har ødelagt meget, men der er også blevet tændt lys i mørket. En ukrainsk kirkeleder delegation besøgte København og Danske Kirkers Råd d.26-28 maj for at minder os om der fortsat kan tændes lys. Besøget indeholdte fredskonferencer, møder med embedsmænd og folketing samt en fælles andagt og middag mellem de ukrainske kirkeledere og deres danske kollegaer. Formålet med besøget i København var at opbygge tætte relationer til deres danske kollegaer og øge det fælles fokus på en retfærdig fred for Ukraine.
Tirsdag d. 27 maj underskrev det danske og ukrainske kirkeråd en fælles erklæring om samarbejde. Erklæringen er gengive herunder i den fulde engelske ordlyd.
Læs Kirke.dks dækning af besøget og fredskonferencen mandag d.26 maj her.(kræver log-in)
Læs generalsekretær Emil Saggaus indlæg i Berlingske om dilemmaerne i krigen i Ukraine her. (kræver log-in)
WHEN TIME COMES
Joint-declaration of solidarity between the National Council of Churches in Denmark (NCCD) and The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (UCCRO) on the occasion of the visit from UCCRO delegation in Denmark on the 27th of May, 2025.
We, as members of the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations and the National Council of Churches of Denmark, meet in Copenhagen under the pretext of war and hardship by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. We share a common hope and prayer for a just peace in Ukraine and for the right of the Ukrainian State, Ukrainian churches, and religious communities to sovereignty, identity, and self-determination.
We walk together towards peace. But peace is not merely the absence of war, nor is it a passive disposition. We recognize that a just peace entails a cost – and that cost must be borne. Our Ukrainian sisters and brothers are paying a high price, which we, their Danish brothers and sisters acknowledge. The alternative to this heavy price is a deceptive peace for Ukraine. It is one that sacrifices dignity, self-determination, righteousness, and freedom of belief simply to silence weapons.
We declare that the future of Europe and for Ukraine cannot be decided by anyone else than the Europeans and the Ukrainians. We declare that we will continue to support each other in possible ways, stand up for each other and ensure that our unified voice and that the criminal actions of the aggressor are recognized and assessed properly, as demanded by Higher Justice.
On behalf of
The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (UCCRO), Valerii Antoniuk; Chairman of the UCCRO, Head of the All-Ukrainian Union of the Churches of Evangelical Christians-Baptists
National Council of Churches in Denmark (NCCD), Peter Birch; Chairman of NCCD, Bishop of Elsinore, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark
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