Cyril called for prayers for Putin “so that the Lord may make him wiser, strengthen him, guide him and save him from sins and mistakes, and at the same time inspire him to act in such a way as to protect our Fatherland from all external threats, perhaps even the most dangerous and terrible.” becomes”. He sees Russia on a “fateful mission” once morest foreign powers that wanted to smash the giant empire as an independent state. Russia is currently experiencing a “very difficult time,” said the head of the church, according to Kathpress, at a service in Moscow. Therefore one should now pray especially for “our fatherland, for our president” and the army.