Synod of OCU urges VR to pass the law banning UOC "as soon as possible"

A meeting of the synod of the OCU. Photo: pomisna.info

On March 7, 2024, the synod of the OCU appealed to the members of parliament to "as soon as possible" vote in the second reading and overall for draft law No. 8371, which provides for the ban of the UOC, and to the President of Ukraine – to sign it. The corresponding statement of the "hierarchs" was published on the OCU's website.

In addition, the synod stated that "the presence of Ukrainian communities under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate constitutes moral complicity in its sins and crimes, causing harm to both the Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian people."

The OCU also noted that the decrees of the UOC hierarchs regarding "deprivation of rank or other similar actions" against clergy and believers who have joined the schism "have neither validity, nor canonical force, nor any significance".

As reported by the UOJ, the Rada committee approved the bill on the UOC for adoption in the second reading.

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