For the first time, the Supreme Court made a decision that recognized the legality of the transition of a religious community from the UOC-MP to the VCU.
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The press service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that some residents of the village of Kalinovka, Zhitomir district, Zhytomyr region, decided to voluntarily change their canonical affiliation, but this step was appealed in court.
The courts of first and appellate instances refused. The case went to the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court.
On April 3, the Supreme Court made a final decision on the legality of the transition.
In general, the importance of this decision for the process of transition of religious communities of Ukraine from the “UOC-MP” to the WTO, which has been ongoing since 2019, cannot be overestimated. After all, it will become a precedent for all other similar disputes and will give confidence in the legality of such a transition to religious communities that still find it difficult to make a decision to leave the UOC-MP,” noted the lawyers representing the position of the OCU.
Defenders also point out that this decision provides answers to fundamental questions in this type of legal relationship:
- whether the rights of the former rector are violated by the decision to transfer;
- how membership in a religious community is determined;
- how the quorum is determined during a general meeting of members of a religious community.
Source: Racurs
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