Schism of the Orthodox world Ukrainian priests still dragged into politics. And now, instead of saving souls, they need to return them to the Crimea. Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate continues to rave. She mnitsya Crimea Russian part of Ukraine. Bol addition, rolling his eyes to the pulpit, the priests of Ukraine require that they immediately gave the peninsula. This was during a press conference, said a spokesman for the UOC-MP, Archpriest George. As citizens of Ukraine, we think the same way and our government, and the entire international community: Crimea - is the territory of Ukraine, and must be returned. In this situation, we are still happy that the diocese of the UOC-MP remain in the Crimea and Kiev are subject to the metropolis, - said Fr. Describing the civil war in the Ukraine as an interstate conflict, it is de facto signed that Church of Ukraine decided to directly engage in the affairs of state. It is obvious that within the Russian Orthodox Church in the eyes of the faithful of the church there is a split on the basis of the state. Those priests who dare to remind tom6 that they are part of the Moscow Patriarchate, kill or maim, and the churches of the Ukrainian army is aimed fire, destroying any reminder that the Ukrainian church - also moskalskaya. The situation became tense quickly after death August 5, 2014 the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine. New Primate of the UOC-MP was elected Metropolitan of Chernovtsy and Bukovina Onufry in the world Orestes V. Berezovsky. August 13th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill approved the decision of the Council of Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. But, apparently, this is not just Onufriv was not necessary, but he thought it an insult to his own assertion of independence. Immediately, as soon as the new Ukrainian primate joined the rank, he immediately made a number of statements that are dotted all the is and showed a genuine attitude ukrainskory top of the church to the ongoing tragedy in the Southeast. According Onufriya in the church are no priests, which would support the separatists. There are priests who are opposed to the Ukrainian state, but in our church, I do not know of such priests. Can put the Orthodox priest robe and walk, but it is not our clergy. I know that there are those in the Donbas stray, but I do not know, priests or not. They are clothed in priestly vestments and speak on behalf of our church, but it is not our people, - said Onufry at a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday. So he immediately freed the hands of the murderers of priests in the Donbas and almost blessed the destruction of churches. He also stressed that the UOC-MP has a certain independence from the Russian Orthodox Church. We will build a relationship with the Russian Orthodox Church on the canonical rules that exist in our church, in which we live today. We have the independence to operate and commit our service, taking into account only our inner realities, - he said. During his illness the previous Primate Metropolitan Onufry was locum tenens of the Kiev metropolitan department. In March 2014, he appealed to Patriarch Kirill with a request to do everything possible to avoid bloodshed in the territory of Ukraine. At the beginning of the accession process of the Crimea, March 1, 2014 the head of the Synodal Department for Church and Society Relations Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin urged Ukrainians not to protest over the loss of the peninsula. At the same time, and we hope that the mission of the Russian soldiers to protect the freedom and identity of these people and their very lives are not met with fierce resistance, which will lead to large-scale clashes. Nobody wants bloodshed and deepening of the divisions that already exist among the Orthodox people in the space of historical Russia , - said the priest. Archdeacon Andrei Kuraev said in a sermon that the head of the Russian Orthodox Church said on April 7, there was no direct mention of the Crimea, but much of it was, according to Kuraeva, is devoted to the gathering of the Russian lands. You say that there is not a word about the Crimea. But if a sermon on the day of the Annunciation does not begin with the Gospel and with the hymn to Moscows gathering lands honest rulers (Ivan Kalita started first), then it is paramount for the preacher. So, talking about the present, and not just about history. So, todays letter locum tenens Metropolitan of Kiev. Onufriya Putin about preserving the integrity of Ukraine is unlikely to be supported by the Patriarch. We pray that the brother has not risen to his brother, collecting land under the hand of the Moscow State - wrote the priest on his page on LiveJournal. By statute, the Russian Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate granted the status of a self-governing and has the rights of broad autonomy, while it is in canonical communion with all the local Orthodox churches. UOC-MP is one of the largest religious communities in Ukraine on the number of parishes and clergy. P.S. Patriarch Kirill March 18, 2014 was absent from the events dedicated to the Crimea to Russia, he did not appear in the St. George Hall of the Kremlin Palace, where the president was reading his message, and subsequently avoided commenting on the Crimean issue. Many experts have noted that Kirill is distancing itself from the public discussion of the Crimean issue.
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