"The Holy Bible says that God sends us signs and warnings through natural calamities. The meteor shower seen last night was a reminder for residents of the Urals and the rest of the world that we all live in a fragile and unpredictable world," Metropolitan Feofan said, according to his press service.
"We must be happy that God has saved us from a more severe aftermath and we must thank Him for this favor," he said.
He urged all not to lose the strength of will.
"A natural phenomenon must not incite panic or despondency . No natural disaster, sickness or even death can separate us from God. The only real evil in the world is sin," he said in a statement.
The nearly missing danger is prompting us "to look into our hearts, to re-assess our lives, to think how often we pray, when we last went to church and how our lives look through the prism of the Bible," Metropolitan Feofan said.