Today, October 9, at the meeting of the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, it was decided to grant the tomos of autocephaly to the future Ukrainian Orthodox Church. This was reported by the Depo.ua with references to sources in the Presidential Administration.
Reference: On September 1, the Bishops’ Council of Constantinople Church was held in Istanbul, the main theme of which was granting of the Autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
At the Council, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew listed numerous examples of Moscow’s abuse of rights regarding the Kyiv Metropolitanate starting from the 15th century.
Later it became known that the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew recognized himself competent to provide autocephaly, including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, without agreement with other churches.
On September 11, Constantinople recognized Onuphrius non-canonical and recognized the right of Ukraine to tomos.
On September 14, the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Cyril convened an extraordinary meeting of the Synod due to the arrival of exarchs of the Patriarch of Constantinople to Ukraine.
As a result of the meeting, the Synod of the ROC decided to stop mentioning the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew in worship.
On September 17, exarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew brought the evidence of the provision of autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to Ukraine.
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