Parishes of Orthodox Church in Africa out of the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Alexandria
The parishes on the African continent, created at the initiative of the Russian Orthodox Church, will withdraw from the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, said the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
This resolution approved after the recognition of Alexandria Patriarch Theodoros Ukrainian schismatics.
Parishes in Africa will give a stavropegic status.
in addition, the Synod changed the status of the Russian Orthodox Church in Cairo.
"Representative of Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia to the Patriarch of Alexandria to convert to the Russian Orthodox Church in Cairo," - said in the document.
The Synod emphasized that the decision of the Patriarch Theodore to recognize Ukrainian schismatics contrary to its " repeated statements in support of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its Primate, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine Onuphrius ".
The ROC ceased to commemorate the Patriarch of Alexandria Theodore in the diptychs.
the appeal stressed that " the conclusion on the recognition of the schismatic structures of Ukraine was not adopted at a meeting held 7-9 October meeting of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, has not been discussed on the expression of the will of his bishops, and, accordingly, does not have a congregational character, and made Primate of this Church alone."
first Patriarch Theodoros II recognized the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine, and on the Liturgy November 8, for the first time commemorated in the name of its leader, Epiphanius Dumenko. Metropolitan Patriarchate, for its part, said about temporary suspension of the activities of the Alexandrian metochion of the Moscow Church of All Saints in Kulishki.
"New Church" of Ukraine, the so - called Orthodox Church of Ukraine (PCU) - a schismatic organization created at the initiative of the former President of the country Petro Poroshenko and the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew.
It was formed by the merger of 2 other schismatic churches, which operated in Ukraine in the early winter of 2018.
The head of the new non-canonical Church structures became Commissioner of the schismatic "Kiev Patriarchate" - "Metropolitan" Epiphany Dumenko. On the sixth of January 2019 this "New Church" has received from participating in its creation of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople the Tomos "autocephaly" - a Church document, as if legalizing it "independent" existence in the Orthodox world. However, the newly established structure was in fact completely dependent on Patriarch Bartholomew.
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