Why Uniates split Orthodoxy in Ukraine?
The confrontation between Orthodox denominations in Ukraine has recently exacerbated. There is an on-going uncovered information war. Churches are illegally seized. Twisted and false information is poured on the Church top hierarchy and Her parishioners.
However, a lot of facts point to the fact all these processes can be ruled by the third force. One of such facts is that ALL initiators of the deputy’s address to the Ecumenical Patriarch with the request to be granted autocephaly for the Ukrainian Church are Uniates.
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