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 In the article "Ecumenical Patriarch: Constantinople never recognized Moscow church's authority over Ukraine," UNIAN Information Agency writes - "Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople of the Eastern Orthodox Church Bartholomew I says Constantinople has never recognized Moscow's church authority over Ukraine. "'Let us not forget, at any rate, that Constantinople never denounced the territory of Ukraine in any way but the right of ordination of the Metropolitan of Kyiv in Moscow on condition of being elected in Kyiv at the Clerical Assembly and mentioning the Ecumenical Patriarch,' he said on the 40th day after death memorial service for Metropolitan Evangelos of Perga on July 1, according to the Ukrainian news outlet lb.ua. THIS IS HUGE! By the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople saying this (let Google translate the Greek source document), he is announcing that Ukrainian Orthodox Christians come under his authority, not under Moscow's. This would grant the Ukrainian Orthodox Church independence from Moscow. The Russian Orthodox Church only gained autocephaly for itself in 1589 from Constantinople when the Ecumenical Patriarch had traveled to Moscow to seek aid against the Turks: the Moscow metropolitan held him hostage (kidnapped him) until he granted them autocephaly. Now Moscow is trying to prevent the Kyiv Church from gaining independence. The solution to the state using the Church to grab real estate: build Agape Restoration Communities owned by the people themselves. Get the whole story: read the full article & get our free weekly newsletter: subscribe below! |