Poroshenko said that Constantinople began the process of granting autocephaly to the UOC
The Patriarchate of Constantinople begins the procedure, you need to provide the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, said Petro Poroshenko on the Facebook page.
according to his statement, this decision was made by the Holy Synod, which yesterday began to consider an appeal from the leader of the country.
the message Poroshenko Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I on the establishment in the country, "one local Autocephalous Church" endorsed on Thursday the Verkhovna Rada.
A source close to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, said that the incoming request will be discussed at the extraordinary Synod, With the participation of 14 Orthodox churches. Thus, in his vision, the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church will not, as the decision requires unanimity, and ROC against.
The canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC-MP) criticized the initiative of the authorities. She pointed out that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church addressed to Patriarch Bartholomew with this request, and such actions are an abuse of power and interference in Church Affairs.
in addition, the UOC-MP, a self-governing Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine are not recognized by the international Orthodox Kiev Patriarchate (UOC KP) and Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC). First, the UOC-MP many times reported of harassment of the clergy and the seizure of Orthodox churches.
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