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KYIV. December 15, UNN. The Metropolitan of Kiev and all of Ukraine (MP UPC) Onufriy is "the sole responsible for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Orthodox," said Volodymyr Legoida, president of the Synodal Department of Relations between Church and Society and Media, in which he commented on the election of the Bishop of Kyiv Patriarchate, the Primate of the Orthodox Church informs UNN .
"Metropolitan Onufriy was and remains, and I can say that today in Ukraine, there is a metropolitan, as it should be according to the canons of the church." Comrade, let Patriarch Bartholomeh explain to the local churches ", did he declare.
According to Legoide, today 's decision has no canonical force. "This collection has a canonically void significance and has shown that no association has taken place, that has not been foreseen." How can Patriarch Bartholomew now explain to others local churches, where was another metropolitan of Kiev in Ukraine, whose canonical status, and how will they interact with the canonical church? It seems to me that it is difficult to give a convincing answer to these questions " said the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church.
He suggested that the Ukrainian-Ukrainian Church (UOC-MP, in the opinion of the Russian Orthodox Church) be "facing a new pressure stage of Constantinople" "There could also be pressure from 39, Istanbul, because in a letter written by Patriarch Bartholomew Metropolitan Onuphri, it was announced that the Patriarch of Istanbul, called by his great mercy, called it his Metropolitan Bliss of Kiev, and that this organization will end on December 15, "said Leghoida.
As was known earlier, the Russian Orthodox Church ROC promised that the UOC deputy would continue his work in Ukraine after autocephaly.
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