“the Russian government is waging an unjust war against its “Orthodox neighbor,” Ukraine, with the full approval of the Moscow Patriarchate, which has even blessed the conflict as a “holy war.”
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“All these events remind us to some extent of our own time, in which the zealous followers of the Russian Patriarchate act in the same way as the opponents of the Apostle Paul,” he said. “They accuse us, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, because we did not receive recognition from them or according to rules they invented. They interpret our humility and patience towards the continued existence in Ukraine of a jurisdiction subordinate to Moscow, as well as our calls for dialogue and ecclesiastical peace, as supposed evidence of our weakness and their own correctness.
“the Kyiv authorities are persecuting the UOC even though the Church openly opposed the military invasion and declared its independence from Moscow
“The Ukrainian government has literally terminated the right of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to use the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, as it has done for almost a thousand years.
