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Pan-Orthodox Council not to address Ukraine issue

28.01.2016, 13:09

Terms of the Council agreed by participants were presented in memorandum. The first paragraph of memorandum refers to Ukraine. It only canonical Church recognized the UOC (MP). This, as states Religion in Ukraine, insisted the Head of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill.

Responding to a question as to what he expects from the upcoming council, the patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church said: "Even more consolidation of the Orthodox world. I know that the council will not address the Ukrainian issue, it will not address the possibility of granting autocephaly [to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate] or legalization of the schism, and that has been publicly confirmed by Patriarch [of Constantinople] Bartholomew.

Terms of the Council agreed by participants were presented in memorandum. The first paragraph of memorandum refers to Ukraine. It only canonical Church recognized the UOC (MP). This, as states Religion in Ukraine, insisted the Head of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill.

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