The independence of church governance was declared in 1990, so nothing new was proclaimed in Council, according to the OCU.
The head of the OCU, Metropolitan Epiphany, said that the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate continues to maintain solidarity with Moscow Patriarch Kirill (Gundyaev). His declaration of independence was merely a deceptive maneuver to change the attitude of Ukrainian society to itself. Epiphany said this on Saturday, May 28, on the air of the telethon.
“Freedom and autonomy in church governance were declared in 1990, so no precedent was announced in the Council yesterday. But the final decision of this Council has not yet been published. We call on our colleagues from the UOC-MP to dialogue, and we call for more decisive action, ”he said.
According to Epifaniy, “everything announced in all the media is not true.”
“The purpose of the Council is to maintain the status quo and change the status of Ukrainian society on its own without breaking relations with the Russian Orthodox Church, with the head of the Moscow Patriarchate Gundyaev. But today we heard comments, for example, from the chief diplomat of the Russian Orthodox Church, Hilarion Alfeev, who said that unity between the Russian Orthodox Church has been maintained, Unfortunately, we see from the decisions of this Council that they continue to remain united in the “murderer “that Patriarch Kirill, giving his blessing to kill the Ukrainians,” Epiphany said.
He also noted that the UOC-MP did not renew relations with the Ecumenical Patriarch, but instead confirmed their previous decisions to stop talking to him.
Recall that on May 27, the UOC-MP Council adopted a decision on full independence. The Council also expressed disagreement over the position of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia regarding the war in Ukraine.
As reported, the UOC-MP accused former president Petro Poroshenko and the OCU of Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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