Ukrainian artist Yama Tarhonia has introduced Pope Francis with a blue and yellow dove of peace produced from a chunk of stained glass from the Church of St Nicholas in Kyiv, which was broken in a Russian assault on 20 December 2024.

Supply: Roman Catholic Church of Ukraine

Particulars: The message to the Pope was conveyed by Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, who visited the church on 24 December, the Roman Catholic Church of Ukraine mentioned.

The dove of peace. Picture: Roman Catholic Church of Ukraine

Quote: "This can be a piece of our coronary heart, which is full of love, struggling and drops of Jesus Christ's blood," says Yurii Tandit, chairman of the board of trustees of the St Nicholas Church, in regards to the significance of the dove of peace.

Throughout his go to to the church, the cardinal led a prayer for a simply peace in Ukraine and inspected the harm to the church that was broken by the Russian assault.

Quote: "By his presence, the Cardinal expressed the solidarity of the Holy See and conveyed the prayerful help and blessing of Pope Francis.

He additionally expressed Christmas greetings to the parish of St Nicholas, indicated his help for the parish and its efforts to protect this place of prayer within the face of enemies," the Roman Catholic Church added.

Background:

• The Church of St Nicholas, a nationwide architectural monument, was broken throughout a Russian missile strike on Kyiv on Friday, 20 December.
• In keeping with Father Pavlo Vyshkovskyi, parish priest of the Church of St Nichola, the home windows within the towers of the church have been shattered, and the stained glass home windows had been additionally broken.
• The church issued a press release that regardless of the harm, everyone seems to be invited to attend Christmas Mass on 24 and 25 December.
• "This will likely be an indication of our fortitude, the truth that nothing and nobody will steal Christmas from us," Father Pavlo mentioned.

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