
FILE PHOTO: Metropolitan Epifaniy, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, takes part in a memorial service for Ukrainian servicemen who were killed defending the Donetsk airport in the fighting in eastern Ukraine in Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral) in central Kiev January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo
(Corrects paragraph 2 to clarify truce was proposed by the Ukrainian association of churches and religious communities)
(Reuters) -The head of Ukraine's Orthodox church asked clergy and the faithful on Wednesday to forgo night Easter services in areas of the country affected by fighting, fearing Russian bombardments will continue during the Orthodox Easter period.
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