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The door of the priests was closed.
Representatives of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine are not allowed to enter the "Russian" monastery of St. Panteleimon located on Mount St. Athos in Greece.
This is stated in the Romfea publication. Mount Athos, with the blessing of the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Holy Society, is realized by the Metropolitan of Odessa at the time of the new Church of Ukraine. Today, on Saturday 9 February, Metropolitan Pavel wanted to visit the monastery of St. Panteleimon (Russian), "notes the publication.
According to information, "when the metropolitan arrived at the monastery of St. Panteleimon, the brotherhood told him that he had no blessing for worship"
"The abbot the monastery then ordered the closing of the monastery doors for the representatives of the new Ukrainian church "
In addition, the rector explained to the high priesthood and members of the audience that" the monastery does not recognize them and do not plan to recognize them in the future ".
On Jan. 5, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed Tomos, who granted independence to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, whose creation was announced at the Council of the United Nations. Unity on December 15, 2018. According to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Patriarchate of Constantinople, giving autocephaly, has brought millions of faithful to Ukraine as a true mother church, unlike their "mother-in-law". On January 6, the historic event – the Metropolitan Metropolitan Epiphanius of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in Istanbul – was handed over to Tomos.
Until then, the Council of Unity was meeting on December 15. Representatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the head of the UOC-Kyivan Patriarchate, the UAOC, the Metropolitan Patriarchate UOC-Moscow, Simeon and Alexander were present. During the cathedral after the vote Epiphanes became metropolitan of Kiev and all of Ukraine . In turn, the metropolitan deputy of the UOC, Onufriy lost his status . The UOC deputy was renamed Russian Orthodox Church by decision of the Verkhovna Rada.
After holding the cathedral in different parts of Ukraine, parishes were converted from UOC deputy to the CCP. The largest number of transitions in the Vinnytsia region. There is also a transition of the parish in the Zaporozhye region, which is the first fact on the territory of the left bank of Ukraine.
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