"The path of disaster": the Orthodox hierarchs praised the transfer of Thomas to Kiev
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew gave Ukraine the document on the independence of the new Church structure.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew gave Ukraine the document on the independence of the new Church structure.
It is not acknowledged no Church, except Constantinople. The ceremony was not attended by any one authorized local Orthodox churches.
The number of Orthodox hierarchs have spoken on the issue of autocephaly and came to the conclusion, because it will not bring peace to Ukraine and put into question the reputation of the Bartholomew.
The Patriarch of Antioch and all the East John X said Patriarch Bartholomew in his message explaining the autocephaly of the "new Church" in Ukraine. Patriarch John X noticed that these events are cause for concern.
The Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej said that Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew, his unilateral decision has called into question their own reputation and that of his Church, because such problems are bound to decide all the local churches.
According to Patriarch Irinej, the real causes of Ukraine providing autocephaly " non-canonical nature, and political - the desire of one part of the world powers, taking Ukraine closer to Russia and to the supervision and for this country, and the capital of Russia ".
"The Patriarch of Constantinople did not consult with anyone, but Perhaps in coordination with other forces of this world have tried to solve this issue, and, As we have seen, up until now, it solved the most catastrophic Way. In a way that legitimized and continued a new division in Ukraine, " said Irenaeus, in a Christmas interview with the Serbian Church's television channel TV, the Church.
According to the Primate of the SOC, informed the supporters of autocephaly in Ukraine was a splinter group, deprived of dignity, and acknowledged that himself Patriarch of Constantinople, but " now he stepped over a few canonical problems and issues and decided that they would be granted autocephaly ".
The ceremony of transfer of the staff and document on the independence of the new Church structure from Patriarch Bartholomew Chapter of the "new Ukrainian Church" Epiphany Dumenko took place in the Patriarchal Church of St. George.
it was attended by the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainian politicians and hierarchs of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Present Ukrainians applauded, someone shouted nationalist slogan " Glory to Ukraine! Glory To The Heroes!".
As you can see from yesterday signed the Tomos of autocephaly "new Church," Her jurisdiction is limited to territory of Ukraine, she can't put the bishops or establish parishes abroad. There are other limits that make the new structure is dependent on Constantinople. In the ROC the date of signing Thomas called tragic in the history of the Ecumenical Orthodoxy.
in Kiev fifteen December 2018 was the " unification Council ". Arrived only two bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which then was forbidden in service.
The outcome of the event was the election of the head of the new "Autocephalous churches" Epiphany Dumenko. In the ROC's canonical meaning of "Assembly" called the small, and the possibility of recognizing the Epiphany almost unworkable.
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