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Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili declares that he can no longer congratulate Ukraine for having obtained Tomos for the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church.
"It would be easy to congratulate the Ukrainians for the independence of their church, considering our past But as president, I have a great responsibility.If our patriarchy is careful because of certain consequences, I can not exacerbate the situation, "wrote Zurabishvili in his microblog on Twitter.
It was reported earlier that the Georgian Orthodox Church intended to support the car. the final decision will be taken after the promulgation of the corresponding resolution of the Ecumenical Patriarch.
On Jan. 5, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed Tomos, who granted independent status to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, whose creation was announced at the Council of Unity. December 15, 2018.. According to Bartholomew, the Patriarchate of Constantinople, giving autocephaly, has been portrayed as millions of Ukrainian faithful as a true mother church, in contrast to their "stepmother".
19659004] Until then, on December 15, the Unity Council was standing. Representatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the head of the UOC Kyiv Patriarchate and the UAOC, as well as the Metropolitan of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate, Simeon and Alexander, were present at the ceremony .
During the cathedral, after Epiphanius, he became metropolitan of Kiev and Ukraine. In turn, Metropolitan UOC MP Onufriy lost his status. The UOC MP himself should be renamed ROC in Ukraine in accordance with the decision of the Verkhovna Rada.
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