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The Ministry of Internal Affairs on Wednesday received a reply from Metropolitan Eugene of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (MPEÕK) in which the local church leader assured he does not support Patriarch Kirill's words from a September 25 sermon according to which Russian soldiers who die in the line of duty are absolved of any and all sins. While this satisfied the ministry, Professor Priit Rohtmets finds that the metropolitan's answer merely reflected the question.

Church leaders, including those in Estonia, are joining national leaders in calling on Russia to end its war in Ukraine, but as Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has openly supported and justified the ongoing war, efforts to stress the Christian love of one's neighbor have thus far been in vain.