Heads of Churches Call Ukrainians Not to Distort Meaning of Religious Holidays

At their meeting of 28 November, the heads of the Christian Churches of Ukraine passed an address regarding the celebration of religious holidays.

According to the document, the customs, which are now being introduced in Ukraine, reduce the celebration of Christmas to the decoration of the Christmas tree, loud parties (often with heavy drinking) and the exchange of presents, usually without paying attention to the unprecedented event in human history - the coming of God to the world.

In addition, the distorted modern interpretation of the Day of All Saints, now called Halloween, is occult and contradicts Evangelical principles as it envisages wearing masques of zombie characters and so on.

The hierarchs also criticized the commercialization of the public celebration of St. Valentine's Day, the Institute for Religious Freedom (IRF) reported.