Constantinople Deepens Suffering Of Canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church - ROC Synod

Constantinople Deepens Suffering of Canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church - ROC Synod

Decisions of the Constantinople Patriarchate to legalize schismatic structures in Ukraine deepens the suffering of parishioners of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church said Monday

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 15th October, 2018) Decisions of the Constantinople Patriarchate to legalize schismatic structures in Ukraine deepens the suffering of parishioners of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church said Monday

"Hypocritically justifying its actions by the desire to restore the unity of Ukrainian Orthodoxy, the Patriarchate of Constantinople, through its reckless and politically motivated decisions, further divides and exacerbates the suffering of the canonical Orthodox Church of Ukraine," the Holy Synod said in a statement.

"We express our full support to his Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy of Kiev and all Ukraine, and to the fullness of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in a particularly difficult time for it. We pray for the strengthening of its faithful children in their courageous stand for the truth and unity of the canonical Church in Ukraine," the synod added.