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The head of the Synodal Information Department of the Orthodox Church of Belarus, Archpriest Sergei Lepin called for the creation of the local Orthodox Orthodox Church in Ukraine "divided" .
According to the TASS, Belarus will not be in contact with the UOC, which was only called in the general civil perspective.
"This church for us from the formal point of view is schismatic and the contacts can not be talked about.The fact that no one will be persecuted can only be hailed, but the bottom line is that this are not just empty dreams
He hoped that relations with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine would be "good neighborly" and added that supporters of the Moscow Patriarchate "should be protected".
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According to OBOZREVATEL, the Belarussian Orthodox Church has already spoken on the Russian side, so on October 11, the Ecumenical Patriarchate decided to continue the procedure for granting Tomas to the Ukrainian Church In response, the Russian Orthodox Church objected and, on October 15, as a sign of protest, it broke off relations with Constantinople. day, the Russians supported the Church ort
On December 15, the Kiev Unified Council established the only Orthodox Church in Ukraine and elected its new leader, 39-year-old Bishop Epiphanius. Now, Ukraine must receive Tomos from the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Petro Poroshenko and his Bishop Epiphany
Press Service of the President of Ukraine
According to the head of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE, Vladimir Ar This will happen during the liturgy scheduled for January 6th.
