Ukrainian Orthodox clergy could not take a clear position in support of one or the other parties to an armed conflict in the South-East of Ukraine, taking into account that there is a civil war. About this adviser said the head of the Synodal information Department of the Moscow Patriarchate Elena Goal at the round table at the international multimedia press center MIA " Russia today "on the results of the election of the Primate of the UOC-MP.

first Authorized clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, speaking about the confrontation in the East, many times agitated " all who illegally took up arms, fold it ". The head of the Synodal Department of the UOC-MP for cooperation with the Armed forces Metropolitan bila Tserkva And Bohuslav Augustine, for example, tried to convince the clergy And the faithful to provide full financial support of the Ukrainian army, participating in the hostilities.


" in the South-East of Ukraine there is a war, the most important civil war. And rather wished the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the face And guides, And priests would not about this war And its participants some very unique position, " said Goal.

She explained that sometimes from the highest Church pastors, you can hear statements about what they bless, pray, And admonishes only one particular side in the confrontation - Ukrainian military, security forces

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