Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has denounced the Romanian Patriarchate to arrange new dioceses in Moldavia and Ukraine

15 November 2007, 18:25

Moscow, November 15, Interfax - The Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has concerned with the decision of the Romanian Church to arrange three new dioceses. The territory of the dioceses partly covers some part of the Chernovtsy and Odessa region of Ukraine.

"The decision will cripple the inter-Christian unity," - stated the Synod held in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, the official website of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church reports.

Earlier the Russian Orthodox Church has denounced the decision of the Romanian Patriarchate to establish new dioceses on her canonical territory in Moldavia and Ukraine.

"This decision of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church has appeared to be neglecting the very basis of the Church organization and it is contrary to the holy canons of the Church. It causes damage both to the mutual relation between the two Patriarchates and to the Orthodox unity as a whole," the statement of the Moscow Patriarchate reads.

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