The OCU is dissatisfied with the unfriendly attitude of the Polish Orthodox Church

The Synod of the OCU expressed dissatisfaction and sadness over the unfriendly attitude of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church to the Ukrainian schism. The OCU stressed that the OCU defiantly ignored the political event held in Warsaw on December 9-11, 2024, in which Epiphany Dumenko took part. This is reported by the press service of the organization.

“The members of the Synod were forced to express their deep regret over another demonstration of unfriendly and biased attitude towards the Orthodox Church of Ukraine by the leaders of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Poland, whose leadership defiantly ignored an important peacekeeping ecumenical meeting,” – the OCU Synod said in a statement.

Recently, a former priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, who fell into schism and joined the OCU, Georgy Kovalenko, said that the OCU is forced to open “chaplaincy missions” in the territories of other Local Churches. As an example, Kovalenko cited the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church, whose churches he called “Russian agitation points,” accusing the OCU of not recognizing the OCU in Poland.