Metropolitan Hilarion: there was no statement about the separation of the UOC from the ROC

“There was no statement about separation from the Russian Orthodox Church.

No statement was made that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church would have some new status, ”TASS quoted the metropolitan as saying.

According to him, the UOC once again confirmed that it has the status of independence received in 1990.

Earlier it became known that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) decided on its full autonomy and independence.

According to the head of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media of the Moscow Patriarchate, Vladimir Legoyda, the Russian Orthodox Church has not received any appeals from the UOC after the decision on full independence and independence was made.