“Broken Promises”: Conflicts between the Ukrainian (UOC KP) and Russian (UOC MP) Orthodox Churches
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Is Ukrainians’ Criticism of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Fair?
By Tamar Lomidze
Global Research
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In July, Kyiv witnessed the celebrations of the 1030th anniversary of Kievan Rus Christianization. Two largest Ukrainian Orthodox confessions – the Ukrainian Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC KP) and the Ukrainian Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) – traditionally held separate sacred processions on different days.
The state-backed UOC KP’s procession was attended by President Petro Poroshenko, vast number of government officials and the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s delegates. Kyiv had assumed that the latter would come with the Tomos of Autocephaly (independence) for the Ukrainian Church but it never happened....