“For the people of Marseilles of all religious convictions, each time something important happens, it is here that, discreetly, humbly, we come”, preached Monsignor Jean-Marc Aveline, the archbishop of Marseille, in front of the some 400 believers, of all denominations, came Tuesday evening to take communion and pray for peace in Ukraine. The crowd gathered in the heart of the Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde basilica in Marseille, which dominates the Marseille city, with its Virgin visible from the sea.
Too small, it opened the doors of its crypt. And the faithful, including nuns, veils on their heads, huddled on the benches of the sanctuary, under its illuminated domes covered with gold leaf.
“Only brotherhood can stop the violence”
“The Ukrainian people keep the military front, we keep the spiritual front to fight evil, lies. We must pray for peace in the whole world, ”continued, dressed in a black alb, Mykola Hryvnak, chaplain of the Ukrainian community in Marseille, while a Ukrainian flag was stretched in front of the altar.
“Only brotherhood can stop the violence. Tonight we will continue to pray and we will not stop there, we will continue, we will continue,” the Archbishop concluded at the end of a celebration that was to continue until midnight with “an adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.” .
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