(23 Feb 2025)
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Istanbul, Turkey – 23 February 2025
1. Wide of relatives and friends of missing Ukrainian soldiers lighting candles and praying at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Istanbul, before a Sunday mass by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
2. Mid of woman doing cross after lighting candles
3. Wide of relatives of soldiers lighting candles and praying
4. Mid of woman doing a cross
5. Wide of Bartholomew I entering church grounds, adherents doing a cross before him
6. Mid of Bartholomew I greeting fellow clergy members and adherents
7. Mid of Bartholomew I lighting a candle
8. Wide of Bartholomew I entering church
9. Tracking shot of Bartholomew I walking amongst church pews
10. Mid of worshipper doing a cross
11. Mid of choir singing in Ukrainian
12. Close of same
13. Wide of Bartholomew I blessing the congregation and praying
14. Wide of choir
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople:
"No force can extinguish the spirit of the people who refuse to be broken. No nation has the right to force its will upon another and no power can erase a people’s history. Ukraine’s sovereignty is not up for debate nor can it be negotiated away under the guise of diplomacy."
16. Mid of relatives of soldiers during mass
17. Mid of father and son during mass
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople:
"We acknowledge the tireless effort of President Zelenskyy for the defense and protection of Ukraine’s sovereignty and integrity."
19. Wide of relatives of Ukrainian soldiers
20. Mid of woman wiping away her tears
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople:
"The people of these historical lands have suffered persecution and systematic attempts to erase their identity. Yet, through every trial, they have remained steadfast, preserving their faith, land and culture. Today, Ukraine once again fights not only for its territorial integrity, but for its very existence."
22. Mid of woman crying and wiping away her tears
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople:
"The war in Ukraine is not merely a conflict between nations. It is a moral test for Europe and the entire world. It demands a choice between truth and deception. Between justice and oppression. The decisions made today will shape history determining whether integrity prevails, or cruelty and pain persists."
24. Wide of relatives of Ukrainian soldiers and Tetiana Tantsiura, whose husband Oleg Naradko, a soldier in Ukraine’s 115th Mechanized Brigade, went missing in action in July 2022
25. Mid of same
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Tetiana Tantsiura, wife of Oleg Naradko, a soldier in Ukraine’s 115th Mechanized Brigade who went missing in action in July 2022:
"It’s hard, he (Oleg Naradko) disappeared July, 2 years ago. This time, for current, I don’t know about him nothing. I only have hope that he is alive and he will return in Ukraine."
27. Wide of relatives of soldiers during mass
28. Mid of same
29. SOUNDBITE (English) Tetiana Tantsiura, wife of Oleg Naradko, a soldier in Ukraine’s 115th Mechanized Brigade who went missing in action in July 2022:
"We want to pray (for our) Ukrainian defenders here. Because, unfortunately at the moment, current time we have only 47 defenders who (are officially) in Russian captivity. Only 47. Major part of our Ukrainian defenders are missing (in) action. And we don’t (know anything about them. We don’t know if they are alive or dead.)
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