The Ukrainian parliament yesterday approved in first reading a bill banning the Orthodox Church dependent on the Moscow Patriarchate, with the latter supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to deputies.
“It is a historic decision,” MP Ina Shofshun wrote on Facebook.
According to another deputy, Yaroslav Zeleznyak, the bill was approved by 267 deputies,…
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The issue of recognition of the status of Autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church appears to have been referred to the Holy Synod of the Hierarchy, following a decision by the Standing Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, reported Romfea.news
As characteristically noted in the announcement issued after the meeting,…