“These schismatics can declare themselves to be anyone — even the patriarch of all Russia, even of all Africa, even of all the Galaxy. All this looks like a circus, no matter what, ”he noted.
The document, in which Filaret designated his “new status”, was published on his page on the social network Facebook by deacon Andrei Kuraev.
Earlier it was reported that Filaret awarded the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called to the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and the head of state awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine to the former leader of one of the non-canonical church structures of the country.