In reference to the information on the web site www.cerkva.info, according to which the
Superior of the Monastery Cetetsuia Negru Voda (Bishopric of Argeş and Muscel) protosingel
Modest visited the residence of "Patriarch"
Philaret (Denisenko) and, as it was reported, "on behalf of the Primate of the Romanian
Orthodox Church assured His All Holiness Patriarch Philaret that the Orthodox Church of
Romania supports the pursuit of the UOC of the Kyivan Patriarchate for
establishing the local Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church", the Department for External Church
Relations of the UOC turned to the Department for External Church Relations of
the Romanian
Patriarchate for explanations.
An official of the Department patriarchal counsellor father Michael
Tica gave the following commentary
on the issue. As he explained, protosingel Modest is
not authorized to make such declarations and act on behalf of His Beatitude
Patriarch of Romania.
If the declarations mentioned were really made, they fully contradict the
position of the Romanian Orthodox Church, which recognizes in Ukraine only the Ukrainian Orthodox
Church with His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine at the
head. The patriarchal counsellor expressed pity on the self-activity
of the Romanian representative and informed that the investigation of his
actions started, the results of the investigation mentioned will be made known
to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Chairman of the
Department for External
Church Relations of the
UOC archimandrite Cyril (Hovorun) | |
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