opinion of his holiness with the patriarch with the opinion of the patriarch of the moscow all rusi kirill so i would like to ask you to comment. here is the statement of the patriarch at the meeting of the holy synod on august 25, in short, he said the following: turbulent times have come in the expanses of holy russia. here, specify where, according to the roc , the borders of this fatherland of the russian orthodox church are now and have they changed after february 24? well, i don’t know, in general, how much we can talk about the borders of the church. we can talk about state borders, the church has always respected state borders, but never built on his a pastoral ministry, focusing on the borders of the church, the canonical space of the canonical territory of the russian orthodox church. the area of ​​her pastoral responsibility includes 16 countries, and in other countries, in addition to this, there are parishes of the russian orthodox church. and of course, the church, together with all people, is experiencing today. this is a difficult tragic time, and and, and prays for the wor