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The head of the OCU asked the Ecumenical Patriarch to deprive the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill, of the Patriarchal throne

20.08.2022, 10:41

The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine, per the Resolution of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Orthodox Church of Ukraine), held on May 24, 2022, sent a letter to the Ecumenical Patriarch and its copies to the Primates of Local Churches.

According to the official website of the OCU, it is about bringing Russian Patriarch Kirill to canonical responsibility and depriving him of his Patriarchal throne for spreading heretical ethno-phyletic teaching based on the "Russian world" ideology, "blessing" Russian troops for the war in Ukraine, which continues to cause destruction and numerous victims, as well as for provoking a schism in the Church, particularly through the creation of "dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church" on the canonical territory of the Patriarchate of Alexandria.

The text of the letter was approved by the Holy Synod of the OCU.

The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church was also notified.

The English text of the letter is given below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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