The Ukrainian Orthodox Church, hitherto affiliated with Moscow, announced on Friday May 27 that it would break with Russia after the latter invaded Ukraine, declaring “
its full independence
”.
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"
We do not agree with the Muscovite Patriarch Kirill (...) regarding the war in Ukraine
", explained in a press release the Ukrainian Church, at the end of the council devoted to "
the aggression
against his country which pronounced "
the full independence and autonomy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
".
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