The metropolitans of the Moscow Patriarchate signed a statement calling Russia an aggressor
Rivne, November 14 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Ryabov) - Two metropolitans of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate signed a statement stating the need to create a Church independent of Moscow, and condemning the actions of Russia, which is called an aggressor for the events in Donbass and Crimea.
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The document was presented on Thursday at the Rivne regional administration and signed on behalf of the UOC-MP by Metropolitan Anthony of Sarny and Polesie, as well as Metropolitan Bartholomew of Rivne.
The document also bears the signatures of schismatics from the UOC-KP, UAOC, Greek Catholics, etc.
“During the signing, it was clear that Bartholomew was nervous,” reports Rivne Vechernee.
Earlier, Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev predicted that the political conflict between Kiev and Moscow could provoke a new split in the UOC-MP.
Metropolitans of the Moscow Patriarchate signed a statement calling Russia an aggressor.