Ukrainian Orthodox Church of MP not to hold worship with Orthodox Church of Ukraine, - Archbishop Kliment - Ukrainian Orthodox Church of MP not to hold joint service with Orthodox Church of Ukraine, - Archbishop Kliment

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of MP not to hold joint service with Orthodox Church of Ukraine, - Archbishop Kliment

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church called the Orthodox Church of Ukraine “non-canonical religious organization”

14:55, 6 January 2019

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church won’t hold the joint worship with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, since it is a “non-canonical religious organization”, Head of the Synodal Information and Education Department of the UOC Archbishop Kliment claimed this in the commentary to TASS.

‘We won’t hold divine services with the “new” church. If we had such services, then we would be the same schismatics as they are, and then the local church would not recognize us,’ he said.

Yesterday, January 5, the ceremony of signing the Tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine took place in Istanbul.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko took part in the ceremony of the Tomos delivery and the divine liturgy said by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and the primate of the OCU.

The festive service took place in St. George's Cathedral in Istanbul. This Orthodox cathedral in the Phanar district of Istanbul has been the residence of the Patriarch of Constantinople since 1601.

On January 7, the Christmas day, a divine liturgy will take place at Saint Sophia's Cathedral, where Tomos will be demonstrated on the granting of autocephaly to the newly established Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

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6 January 2019, 17:26

Moscow/Russian church is NOT canonical "This year, celebrations were held in Kyiv for the 1,030th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’. The Moscow Patriarchate wanted the celebration to be held in Moscow, but the head of the church in Constantinople refused, saying that the Baptism of Rus’ belongs to Kyiv. No church or city or nation existed in Moscow in 988. Moscow, as village, was first mentioned in 1147

6 January 2019, 17:24

Questions are now being raised about if the Moscow church itself ever received a “Tomos” of autocephaly. “Since it does not have a tomos, therefore, according to church canons, it is an absolutely illegal organization,” There is abundant evidence of the canonical standing of the Metropolitan of Kyiv, going back a millennium. But evidence of a canonical foundation of the Moscow Patriarchate apparently cannot be found."