Today I had the privilege to attend the Orthodox Easter Sunday service at the Russian Orthodox St. George Monastery, where Abbot and Prior Daniil Irbits led local Russians and recently arrived Ukrainian refugees in celebration, in Goetschendorf near Berlin, Germany. Irbits and his team of monks, who are from countries across eastern Europe, have taken in and assisted several dozen Ukrainian refugees since Russia's military invasion of Ukraine in February. "Today we prayed for peace and the people in Ukraine forced to celebrate Easter in bunkers," said Irbits. The outspoken support of Patriarch Kirill, leader in Moscow of the Russian Orthodox Church, of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war is at odds with many Russian Orthodox communities outside of Russia. #gettyimages#gettyimagesnews#photojournalism#religion#easter#orthodoxchurch#russianorthodox#russianorthodoxchurch#ukraine#warinukraine#refugees