UGCC Head Will Remind President About Equality of Churches

In response to whether the influence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate will grow under the new president, Patriarch Lubomyr said that he will remind the president about the equality of all the churches.

ODESA – On March 9, 2010, at a meeting with journalists in Odesa, Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in response to a question whether the influence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate will grow under the new president, Viktor Yanukovych, said that he will remind the president about the equality of all the churches, reported Religion in Ukraine.   

 "We will specifically address the new president of Ukraine for him to strictly comply with the constitution. And according to the constitution, all religious organizations are equal before it and have equal rights," noted Patriarch Lubomyr.