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The Belarussian Orthodox Church reacted to the establishment of a local Ukrainian church and termed it "schismatic".
This was stated by the chairman of the synodal information department of the BPC, the archpriest Sergei Lepin, referring to the Russian media.
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According to him, "this church for them, from a formal point of view, is a schismatic and the contacts can not speak the language" [19659004] In Minsk, they hope that the Ukrainian authorities will keep their promises and not b
I also hope that the Ukrainian authorities, victims of the persecution, understand not only the physical and economic harassment, but also the l 39; information and political aggression against which should be protected the supporters of the Moscow Patriarchate,
– says Archpriest Sergei Lepin
Reminder, December 15, on the occasion of the Council from unity, the Orthodox bishops announced the unification of Ukrainian churches within the unified independent Church. His official name looks like this – The National Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine . The Metropolitan Pereyaslavl and Bila Tserkva Epiphanes became the leader of the unified local Orthodox Church . His candidacy was supported by the majority of bishops at the Unity Council in Kiev.
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