US Secretary of State urges Ukraine to move toward autocephalous Church

Politician, diplomat, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, in a statement published on the website of the US State Department on Friday, October 19, called on the Ukrainian authorities to continue moving towards the creation of an autocephalous Church, reports Korrespondent.net.

“We call on the Church and the authorities of the country to move towards the creation of an autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The United States reiterates its support for religious freedom and freedom of religious groups, including Orthodox in Ukraine,” wrote an American politician and stressed that he supports the desire of Ukrainians to“ independently manage their religion and pray as they like.”

To be reminded, earlier the special representative of the US State Department for Ukraine Kurt Volker said that the United States is a secular state, based on the principle of freedom of religion and does not interfere in the solution of religious issues in Ukraine.

As the UOJ reported, on September 11, President Poroshenko met with the US Ambassador for international religious freedom, Samuel Brownback. As the presidential press service noted, “Ambassador Brownback assured that the United States will continue to support Ukraine in the struggle to restore sovereignty and territorial integrity and the right to have a Single Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.”

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