New blow to any influence of Moscow in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church, under the auspices of the Moscow Patriarchate, announced on Friday that it is severing its ties with Russia, due to the invasion of Ukraine and declared its “complete independence” from the Russian spiritual authorities.
“We do not agree with the Patriarch of Moscow Cyril (…) regarding the war in Ukraine,” the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate said in a statement on this historic initiative, after the work of the synod was completed. dedicated to Russian “aggression”. During the meeting, it declared “its full independence and autonomy.”
Until today, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has belonged to the Russian Patriarch Kirill, who has expressed his support for Russia’s war against Ukraine.
“The senator condemns “The war, which is a violation of God’s command” You kill “and expresses its condolences to all those who suffer because of the war,” the statement added.
According to the statement, the Church’s relations with the Moscow Patriarchate have been “complicated to non-existent” since martial law was declared in Ukraine.
This initiative is the second schism in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in a few years. Hundreds of priests recently signed an open letter requesting that Cyril be tried by an ecclesiastical court for taking part in the war.
Some of the most important monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church are located in Ukraine.
The removal of the Patriarch of Moscow Kirill from his pastoral duties asked a few days ago from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew the (recognized by Istanbul) Ukrainian Orthodox Church according to TASS.
“The head of the ‘schismatic’ Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Epiphanios (Dumenko), said on Thursday that the church had asked Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to ‘hold the title’ of ecumenical patriarch, and that the heads of the local “Russian Patriarch Kirill, accusing him of heresy,” reports the Russian agency TASS.
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