VR MP "agrees actions" with Dumenko on transferring UOC communities to OCU
On his Facebook page, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Igor Guz spoke about his meeting with Epifaniy Dumenko, at which he discussed the actions of the parliament to “activate the transitions” of the communities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to the OCU.
Guz wrote that the "transition" issue was the key topic of the meeting, during which they "synchronized approaches, coordinated interaction." The VR’s MP also stated "there will be no church institutions supervised from Russia after our victory in Ukraine."
As reported by the UOJ, MP Igor Guz called on the UOC to "repent and dissolve itself".
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