We recall that recently, Metropolitan Emmanuel (Adamakis) of Chalcedon, a hierarch of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, called the Phanar’s decision to create the OCU and grant the Tomos of autocephaly to this organization correct. He is convinced that the Patriarchate of Constantinople has the right to grant autocephaly where it deems necessary, since it is the “mother church” for most of the Local Churches of the world.
Patriarch Bartholomew: The Ecumenical Patriarchate has no intention of revoking its decision to grant autocephaly to Ukraine
Constantinople Patriarch Bartholomew said that he does not intend to revoke the Tomos of autocephaly of the OCU. In his opinion, the process of autocephaly of the “Ukrainian Church” is irreversible, the UOC and the OCU must unite, and after that, other Local Churches will be recognized. The head of the Phanar believes that this will happen “in the coming years or decades.” He said this on France Télévisions.
“Our goal is to unite all Orthodox Churches in Ukraine, Metropolitan Onufry and Metropolitan Epiphany, so that they unite in theory and practice, become one local Church, and are recognized by other sister Orthodox Churches. The Ecumenical Patriarchate does not intend to revoke its decision to grant autocephaly to Ukraine. I want to be clear on this issue,” – Patriarch Bartholomew said.
The head of the Phanar added that after the unification of the UOC and the OCU, the autocephaly of the “Ukrainian Church” will be recognized by everyone in the Orthodox world.
“This will happen sooner or later, but we should not expect it to happen in one day. It will happen in the coming years or decades,” – he added.
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