Poroshenko signed a law renaming the canonical UOC
. the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a law renaming the Canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, said his press Secretary Svyatoslav Tsigalko.
The document will come into force after official publication.
law approved by the Verkhovna Rada. According to him, religious organizations, the steering center which is located in the Russian Federation, are obliged to allocate in the name of their affiliation. The canonical UOC was given four months to change the title and make this correction to the Charter.
in the UOC told that to change the name, and turned to Poroshenko with the petition to put the law of veto.
Thus the Ukrainian authorities, and the leader himself, have repeatedly stated that I do not want to interfere in the Affairs of the Church, but doing it non-stop. So, Poroshenko has made Constantinople the recognition of non-canonical Church that the Russian Orthodox Church called schisms. The Verkhovna Rada adopted the law on the transfer of St. Andrew's Church the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Advisor Poroshenko Rostyslav Pavlenko went to Istanbul to observe the Synod and meet with the Patriarch of Constantinople on the issue of autocephaly, and the Director participated in the " unification Council ", which created a new " Autocephalous Church."
in the last few years, the UOC has repeatedly reported about the oppression of non-canonical clergy from religious structures and the seizure of the temples. For example, in 2014-2016 she lost 40 temples.
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