The Hierarchical Unification Council -- whose task is to approve the decision on church unity, to elect the Primate of the one local autocephalous UOC, which will receive the Tomos of autocephaly of the UOC on its behalf -- should take place in Ukraine by the end of November.
The Hierarchical Unification Council -- whose task is to approve the decision on church unity, to elect the Primate of the one local autocephalous UOC, which will receive the Tomos of autocephaly of the UOC on its behalf -- should take place in Ukraine by the end of November.
Chairman of the Parliament Andriy Parubiy was reported by Slovo I Dilo as saying this during a meeting of the Conciliation Board on Monday.
According to Parubiy, on Saturday an agreement was concluded between the state of Ukraine and the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which guarantees the creation of the one local Ukrainian Orthodox Church and granting it the Tomos of autocephaly.