Ngomhla ziyisi-7 kuNhlaba, inhloko yaseRussia yeNyunyana Yomhlaba Wonke Yamakholwa Amdala (Amakholwa Amadala angamaKristu aseMpumalanga Obu-Orthodox agcina imikhuba yokukhulekela nemikhuba yeSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseRussia njengoba ayenjalo ngaphambi kwezinguquko zikaPatriarch Nikon waseMoscow phakathi kuka-1652 no-1666) uLeonid Sevastianov. wathola incwadi yomuntu siqu ebhalwe ngesandla evela kuPapa Francis.
Le ncwadi yayibhalelwe nakuSvetlana Kasyan, umculi we-opera waseRussia odumile nomkaLeonid. UPapa wababonga “ngesimo sabo sengqondo sokuthula” wengeza ngokuthi “thina amaKristu kumelwe sibe amanxusa okuthula, afeza ukuthula, ashumayele ukuthula, aphile ngokuthula.”
Abaholi ababili bezenkolo uLeonid noFrancis bazana kahle, futhi kusobala ukuthi laba bakamuva bathola indlebe enobungane neyokuqala kunePatriarch yaseMoscow Kirill, kulezi zikhathi zempi. UKirill ubesebenzisa isikhundla sakhe ukusiza inkulumo-ze kaKremlin ethethelela impi yase-Ukraine, kuyilapho uLeonid Sevastianov, esahlala eMoscow, eveze ngesibindi umbono wakhe wokuthi uKirill wayenephutha elikhulu, futhi leyo mpi yayingabazekayo okungenani: “Asazi ukuthi kungani le mpi: ngenxa yaziphi izizathu. ? Ngaziphi izinjongo?” esho, engaligwemi leli gama naphezu komthetho waseRussia owenqabela ukusetshenziswa kwegama elithi “impi” lapho ekhuluma ngokuhlaselwa kwe-Ukraine ngamasosha aseRussia. Futhi maqondana noKirill: “Kunengqondo ukuthi iPhasika libe yisikhathi sobuntu, hhayi ezepolitiki. Kepha izitatimende zikaKirill zikhombisa okuhlukile. Futhi zisho ukuhlubuka.”
Lawo amazwi aqinile afana nakaFrancis Corriere della Sera ngemuva kokukhuluma noKirill: "Inzalamizi ayikwazi ukuziguqula ibe ngumfana we-altare likaPutin."
UFrancis futhi ungumlandeli omkhulu kaSvetlana Kasyan, futhi usanda kukhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eyedwa awabiza ngokuthi “Fratelli Tutti”, ehlonipha incwadi kaPapa eyashicilelwa ngonyaka owedlule. Isihloko nomqondo we-albhamu, obheke ekuthuleni komhlaba wonke phakathi kwabantu banoma yiliphi izwe nanoma iyiphi inkolo, kwakungokwesiprofetho: kunesidingo esikhulu kunanini ngaphambili sokuqonda okwengeziwe, uthando olwengeziwe, ubuzalwane obengeziwe. Lowo futhi umlayezo kaSevastianov, umyalezo angathanda ukuwudlulisela kubaholi bezombangazwe bezwe ahlala kulo.
Kulezi zinyanga zokugcina, uKirill uphikiswe ngamakhulu abaholi nabapristi bama-Orthodox emhlabeni wonke, kodwa naseRussia, naphezu kwengozi ethathwa yinoma ngubani ogxeka impi nabavikeli bayo. Esikhathini esizayo, lapho lokhu kuzophela, kungase kwenzeke ukuthi iSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseRussia lilahlekelwe ngokuphelele amandla alo ngisho naseRussia, futhi ngubani owaziyo ukuthi ubani ozokwazi ukuzuza ubuholi obungokomoya. Eqinisweni, kungase kube noma ubani ngaphandle kobuholi bamanje beSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseRussia, osebuvele buzifake engozini kakhulu kwezombusazwe kanye nokugqugquzela ukufudumala.
