ROC announced the termination of communication with the head of the Greek Orthodox Church
. The Russian Orthodox Church stops Eucharistic communion with the head of the Church of Greece, Archbishop of Athens Jerome, said on air of television channel "Russia 24" the head of the Department for external Church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion.
"I think that next Sunday, when the Patriarch will serve this remembrance will not be ", - he said.
The Metropolitan drew attention that the Russian Orthodox Church is ready to maintain communication with the bishops who do not recognize the Ukrainian split.
before the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has authorized the Patriarch to commemorate the Primate of the EPTS to worship, if he recognizes the PCU and will pray for her Chapter "Metropolitan" Epiphanius on the services.
in mid-October, the Council of bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church gave to Archbishop Jerome the right to decide the issue of recognition of the autocephaly of the so-called Orthodox Church of Ukraine. However, certain hierarchs of the Greek Orthodox Church opposed the recognition of dissenters, but the expression of the will on this issue at the Council was carried out.
The Archbishop Jerome, advocated respect for ptsu. This week he sent her the head of Epiphanius Dumenko letter with appropriate greetings. In the Russian Orthodox Church expressed regret because of the decision of the Greek Church and expressed the hope that no other local Orthodox Church does not follow " this sad example."
New the schismatic structure of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine - was created at the beginning of winter last year on the initiative of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew by merging 2 of the schismatic churches.
in January, the DNC had received from Patriarch Bartholomew of the Tomos of autocephaly - an ecclesiastical document, as if legalizing its independent existence in the Orthodox world. However, PCU was completely dependent on Constantinople.
The only canonical Church in Ukraine is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate headed by Metropolitan Onufry.
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