ROC called the election "the head of the new Church" in Ukraine canonically insignificant

. Canonical value held in Kiev "Cathedral" is negligible, said Last news Deputy Chairman of the Department for external Church relations (DECR) of the Moscow Patriarchate Archpriest Nikolai Balashov.

"The canonical significance of this Assembly of diverse individuals, led by a stranger Bishop from France, not understanding a word of Ukrainian, and the head of the state in which the Church is separated according to the Constitution of the country, For us, is negligible. Gathered individuals, most of which has no legal ordination, and the number of non-canonical clergy one elected in a non-canonical Primate, " - said Balashov.

He showed that the Orthodox world does not recognize the decision on election of the head of the " new Church."

"from now on, before the Patriarchate of Constantinople, whose former authority made the decision to "sanctify" this meeting is not an easy task to explain their actions to the rest of the Orthodox world and to convince their fellow primates of local Orthodox churches, what they must Now accept equal yesterday's schismatic, which is never brought to repentance for the sin of schism. I think it is almost impossible ", - said the head of the Department.

the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the first day weekend on the "unification Council" announced the creation of the " Ukrainian Autocephalous Church ". First Cathedral in Kiev was elected Primate of the "new Church ""Metropolitan" non-canonical Church structures Epiphany Dumenko.

This canonical UOC said that will not take part in the " Cathedral ". Most priests who received invitation to this event, sent him back to Patriarch Bartholomew. So, the rector of Holy ascension men's monastery in Chernivtsi region Archbishop Longin (Zhar) have written a letter refusing to participate in the " unification Council ", calling this action " the synagogue of Satan ".

The authorities in Kiev and non-canonical Church structure in Ukraine hope Till the end of the year to receive the Tomos of autocephaly from Constantinople. This ought to elect the Primate of the "United" Church, which would take Tomos.

first of Constantinople decided to start providing non-canonical Autocephalous Church in Ukraine. In the ROC this step is called split.

The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church fifteen Oct broke communion with the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the canonical territory of the ROC, as well as among them in Ukraine and Belarus. The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has called the political abolition of the Constantinople act of 1686 on the transfer of the Kyiv Metropolitanate to the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. Metropolitan Hilarion noted that Constantinople is henceforth lost the right to be called the coordinating centre of Orthodoxy. In the Russian Orthodox Church expressed hope that Constantinople will change the decision to give the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church. Until then He will be in schism.



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