The head of the Polish Church refused to give Epiphany a priest
Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland Sawa in the interview to the Polish newspaper Polityka, he explained why does Not recognize the head of the "new Ukrainian Church" Epiphany Dumenko.
The priest revealed that he considers his " secular person ".
"in light of Canon law He was Not a priest. He is Not ordained in the canonical Church, " explained the Metropolitan.
according to his statement, the situation could change if " the dissenters back to the bosom of the Orthodox Church ", which broke.
in addition, he admitted that He fears worsening of the religious situation in Poland itself.
"I have already stated Canon law. Violation of it is a bad precedent. It is possible that in Poland, where more than a million of Ukrainians, there will be a group of believers for whom Filaret will try to build their parishes in Poland. Not long ago I heard that "Right sector" * have studied the possibility of the visit of Epiphanius to Poland. Chaos would ensue, " - said the Metropolitan.
He drew attention that the Ukrainian government " needs to first unite the country to end the war, and then take care of the Affairs of the Church ".
on Sunday the Patriarch of Constantinople gave Kyiv the Tomos of autocephaly of the " new Church." The document says the limits, which make the structure dependent on the Constantinople - for example, its jurisdiction is limited to territory of the country, she can't put the bishops or to establish a parish (parishes) abroad. In the ROC "autocephaly" was called "dummy," and the day of the signing of the Tomos - tragic in the history of the Ecumenical Orthodoxy.
*Banned in Russia as extremist organization
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