Managing the Affairs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan and Brovary, Boryspil Anthony said that today the 14 parishes of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate captured the so-called Kyivan Patriarchate.

" today there are 14 parishes of the UOC captured, 6 parishes under the threat of capture and only 3 ward changed the submission voluntarily, in Accordance with the legislative act of Ukraine " On freedom of conscience and religious organizations " and in truth, in comparison with 12 thousand parishes of the UOC-MP, this number slightly, but annoyed by the fact that the temples capture, violating state laws ", - quotes the words of Metropolitan Anthony of Internet representation of the UOC.

Ukrainian Bishop believes that it is necessary to distinguish between the concept of " capture " and " transition." Misappropriation of temple by violence and deceit cannot be called a transition. Legally, the transition occurs when the decision is taken unanimously by the members of the parish, not the villagers. Even if 10 of the faithful of the UOC-MP is not willing to change the subordination of the parish, and the Church passed the UOC-KP, it cannot be called a transition, " drew the attention of the Commissioner of the Kyivan Metropolitanate.

The property management Department of the UOC said that " citizens who occupy the temples of the UOC not only violate state laws, and commandments, because a Christian is not able to afford to beat another person, damage to the temple, and inciting people to enmity and confrontation and trying to get a foreign property." Almost all of this happens during the so-called transitions churches in the so-called Kiev Patriarchate, " said the Metropolitan.

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