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At the Serbian Orthodox Church, they reacted to the provision of Tomos to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Serb Patriarch Iryna believes that Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has "legalized the split" and "approved a political decision".
This was reported by the press service of the UOC (Moscow Patriarchate) in reference to the Serbian media.
Read also: "They were not congratulated": while the Russian Orthodox Church reacted to the Tomos for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Channel 24 Previously, l & rsquo; Serbian church had refused to recognize the decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate regarding the decision to grant autocephaly to Ukraine. Yes, Serbian religious reacted to the results of the Unification Council and Thomas's "Politics" ceremony
. The Patriarch of Constantinople has taken the right to decide for himself and decides in his own way what has been decided for 300 years. So the real reason for this is not a canonical act – a politics. Thus, the split in Ukraine will be legalized and extended
said Patriarch Iryney.
He also points out that the Serbian Orthodox Church would not support any of the parties, but would be guided by the canons alone.
"Ukrainian Orthodox Church was part of the Russian Orthodox Church, after its autonomy, and now exists in Ukraine", – said the Serbian Patriarch.
By the way, in the UOC MP, they said that there would be no worship with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. At the same time, after giving TCV to Tomos in the Moscow Patriarchate, they do not see a "platform for dialogue". For its part, the Russian Orthodox Church declares that by signing Tomos for the Ukrainian Church, Patriarch Bartholomew "has completely ceased to be free of world orthodoxy".
Remember the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Saturday, Jan. 5, signed Tomos on the autocephaly of the only Orthodox Church of Ukraine . The signing ceremony of Thomas took place at the St. George Patriarchal Church of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Istanbul.
On January 6th, Tom de Bartholomew received the TCU . The ceremony was held at the Divine Liturgy, which was jointly run by Patriarch Bartholomew and the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanes.
What is Tomos? Tomos is a unique religious document. They let it out when the main church wanted to ensure its real independence – autocephaly. On the occasion, Tomas is published on questions concerning the provisions of Christian doctrine, most often concerning the ecclesial system.
Remember that currently, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has about 7,000 parishes. In the two weeks that followed the unification of the Council, several parishes of the UOC deputy, presided over by their priests, decided to surrender to the CCP. In addition, an online map has been created on the Internet, which lists communities placed under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine under the authority of the UOC Moscow Patriarchate.
How was the Orthodox Church created? On October 9, the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate began in Istanbul. On October 10, at this meeting, the clergy heard a report from the messengers of Patriarch Bartholomew (exarchs) who had spent nearly a month in Ukraine. In particular, the clergy went to Ukrainian churches and spoke with the priests. According to the results of their report, Ukraine would have been allowed to create a single local church
On December 15, at the Unity Council, the Orthodox bishops announced the unification of churches Ukrainian in a single independent and independent church. His official name looks like this: Ukrainian National Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Pereyaslavsky and Bila Tserkva Epiphanes became the primate of the unified local Orthodox Church. His candidacy was supported by the majority of bishops at the Unity Council in Kiev. The cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine will be the Mikhailovsky Cathedral with gold dome and not Kyiv Sophia, as previously stated.
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