The demand to rename the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) may cause an escalation of aggression against it, the UOC information department said in a statement Thursday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th December, 2018) The demand to rename the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) may cause an escalation of aggression against it, the UOC information department said in a statement Thursday.Earlier in the day, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada adopted a bill that could deprive the canonical UOC of its name.
"The introduction of this law could be a pretext for the escalation of aggression against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and cause a number of violations of the fundamental constitutional right to freedom of conscience and religious belief," the statement said.
