Archbishop Luka (Kovalchuk) of Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate brought forward an initiative to prohibit the gay parade in Kyiv.
In particular, the archbishop stated that he will prepare an address to Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych with a request to prohibit the planned gay parade. The hierarch also asked his colleagues from various religious organizations to sign the address. Not all the participants signed the document.