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Ukrainian Orthodox (UOC-MP) Confirm Relation with Russians
Tuesday, 01 January 2008 06:33
28.12.2007, [09:50] // UOC-MP // RISU.ORG.UA
Kyiv — The Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) is “an autonomous, historical part of the Russian Orthodox Church.” So announced more than 50 bishops of the UOC-MP who gathered for a sobor [assembly] in Kyiv on 21 December 2007. The sobor was considering possible changes to the church’s statutes.
The members of the sobor also looked over addresses to the UOC-MP from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate and Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church and handed the documents over to the Theological-Canonical Commission of the UOC-MP Synod for detailed study.
The sobor also approved an address of the bishops to the faithful, which says, among other things: “We call all the flock of our church to involvement in the matters of the church and we warn against political involvement.”
Related RISU news and sources:
• http://orthodox.org.ua/uk/aktualne/2007/12/21/2483.html
• http://orthodox.org.ua/uk/node/2487
• http://www.pravoslavye.org.ua/index.php?r_type=news&action=fullinfo&id=18741
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