Marina Borisova. Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, as canonical by the Church, will never go to Any contract with the dissenters, despite frequent during the last period of time insinuatio on the question of its possible Association with the so-called Kyivan Patriarchate, said in an interview Last news the head of the Synodal information Department of the Moscow Patriarchate, Vladimir Legoida.
in 1992, Metropolitan Filaret (Denysenko), occupying Kiev before the pulpit, and after the death of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Pimen in 1990 elected Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal throne, not satisfied by the Ukrainian Church independence and autonomy in the management of the Moscow Patriarchate, first asked in persistent form for her avtokefalii, and not having consent, created and legally registered the so-called Kyivan Patriarchate. None of the canonical Autocephalous Orthodox churches its legality was not recognized.
" We all pray for the healing of schism in Ukraine and believe that with God's help it can be. But this can happen only through a return to our brothers who have lapsed into schism, and not a merger of dissenters with the canonical Church by the results of trades. Ukrainian Church of such transactions to conclude will not be ", - noted the head of the Synodal information Department.
according to him, in the canonical space there is a unique and independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which is not only independent, But she has a great spiritual and administrative impact on the life of the Russian Orthodox Church as a whole."
However, at the pan-Orthodox Council, which is expected to be held in 2016, Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians and most other peoples in the Cathedral will be that the Russian Orthodox Church, and Authorized the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate will be from one delegation drew attention Legoida.
The Orthodox Cathedral is the Cathedral of the local Orthodox churches, and the decision-making process at the Cathedral will not be democratic, and consensus, and each Church will have the right of veto, " to defend the provisions, when any Church will vote against it, because he realizes, because this decision will not support flock, But it will still be taken by a majority vote at the Council, and will come home and will not be able to make such a decision in life, " he explained.
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