“Undoubtedly, the same spirits of heavenly malice took up arms against our church, seeking not only to divide the Orthodox people of Russia and Ukraine, but to make sure that an abyss lay between us ... I am deeply convinced that, since all these efforts are not from God and not with God's blessing, the true goal will never be achieved, ”TASS quotes him as saying.
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.
The head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, said that the unity between the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches is preserved, and the ROC will continue to strengthen it.