A parody of autocephaly: as the world reacted to the "unification Council"

Holding a "unifying Council" in Kiev, which created a new Church structure, explained in several countries.

Thus, the Belarusian Orthodox Church believes the new structure in Ukraine divisive. According to the head of the Synodal information Department of the Belarusian Orthodox Church Archpriest Sergiy lepina, contacts with its representatives is possible only on a civil level.

"And God forbid that they were neighborly," said He.

The Archpriest expressed the hope that the promise of Kiev not to pursue a canonical UOC will be performed. He hopes that will cease and information And political aggression.

in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church called the last "Cathedral" uncanonical.

"What can be the result From the Cathedral, which convened in contradiction with canonical order, And which is attended by persons outside the Church?" - said the Bishop Dometian of Vidin Daniel, part of the Holy Synod.

according to his statement, "Cathedral" only further deepen the division among the faithful in Ukraine.

Metropolitan drew a parallel between the situation of the UOC with the schism of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church 20 years ago.

He told me that in Bulgaria the split was overcome because of the Orthodox Cathedral of 1998, convened at the initiative of the BOC in Sofia. According to his statement, at the Cathedral of the Ecumenical Patriarch raised the question about the dismissal of Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria, but the bishops opposed And stated that the Council aimed at " healing the split, and not in his aggravation ".

in the Estonian Church the head of the UOC still think Metropolitan Onufry.

"in this regard, change was not. These Churches (UOC-KP And UAOC) And was previously considered schismatic. From what they are instead of the 2 old churches have created a new one, the essence has not changed, " - said the press Secretary of the Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate (EOC MP) Archpriest Daniel Lepisk.

He said that the Synod of the EOC MP in October anticanonically strongly condemned the acts of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Ukraine, noting that the Orthodoxy of Ukraine will be seriously damaged, and Ukrainian Orthodox believers will face discrimination, being without their temples And monasteries.

on the decision of Kiev reacted similarly in Moldova. So, the Bishop of Balti And Falesti, Markell called the schism in Ukraine, "a parody of autocephaly" And a disaster for the faithful.

He expressed the hope that similar will not repeat And will not affect other Nations And other Churches, because the current event is a " mockery of the Christian tradition."

according to his statement, as long as policy-makers will intervene in the Affairs of the Church, the soul of a believer will not be peace And calm.



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