UOC installing icon and Scripture billboards across Ukraine

Ukraine, March 22, 2022

A banner outside a church in Alexandria. Photo: alexandria-eparhia.org.ua A banner outside a church in Alexandria. Photo: alexandria-eparhia.org.ua     

At the initiative of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and local authorities, religious banners and billboards with icons and Scriptural quotes have been popping up all over Ukraine.

In the Alexandria Diocese, banners reading, “Most Holy Theotokos, Save Ukraine,” have been installed by a number of churches, and it’s planned to install them at every church, the diocese reports.

In Odessa, billboards with an icon of the Holy Protection of the Mother of God, and the same words: “Most Holy Theotokos, Save Ukraine,” have been put up along the highways, the Odessa Diocese reports.

A billboard in Odessa. Photo: Telegram A billboard in Odessa. Photo: Telegram     

At the request of the UOC, the Megaboard company provided 15 such billboards throughout the city.

Billboards with prayers and Scriptural quotes have also appeared in several cities. In Cherkasy, they feature prayers to the Archangel Michael, the Mother of God, and all the saints of the Cherkasy land.

In the Darnitsky District of Kiev, quotes from the Psalms have replaced alcohol and tobacco ads, and in Brovary, Scriptural quotes have also replaced obscene language on billboards.

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3/22/2022

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Comments
Sham3/23/2022 1:08 pm
I am orthodox Christian God will give up me everything
Ioann3/22/2022 9:35 pm
Would the Russian invaders fire on Metropolitans, Bishops, Priests, Nuns, and Monks if they took up these icons and the Holy Cross en masse and marched PEACEFULLY against them?
Herman3/22/2022 6:56 pm
Glory to God for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Meanwhile in Russia, all we see are those satanic-looking dystopian propaganda symbols "Z" and "V" accompanied by the words "strength" and "truth" and "for victory" on thousands of billboards, buildings, vehicles, etc. all over the country...
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