OCU eparchy comments on UOC delegation at Georgian patriarch’s funeral
Metropolitan Sergiy at the coffin of Patriarch Ilia. Photo: UOJ
The Ternopil Eparchy of the OCU has published a comment regarding the participation of Metropolitan Sergiy of Ternopil and Kremenets as part of an official delegation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the funeral of Georgian Patriarch Ilia in Tbilisi.
In a post on its official Facebook page, the eparchy emphasized that the OCU “is not represented at these events,” while the UOC “remains in unity with the Moscow Patriarchate.”
According to the statement, this “serves as evidence of the complex configuration of the contemporary Orthodox world, where questions of voice, representation, and canonicity remain open.”
The OCU’s Ternopil eparchy also assured that it “prayerfully unites with the people of Georgia and closely follows ecclesial and political developments in the country.”
Earlier, the UOJ reported that an official delegation of the UOC took part in the burial of Patriarch Ilia II.
Read also
Greece signs memorandum on protection of Jerusalem Patriarchate's shrines
Next week, the Greek Parliament will ratify a document on the protection of the cultural heritage of the Jerusalem Patriarchate.
Greek bishop calls imposition of same-sex marriage a threat
Metropolitan Seraphim of Kythera urged families to become a “domestic church” amid threats to the Christian family in Greek laws and school curricula.
Patriarch Bartholomew arrives in Budapest for opening of Orthodox center
The Ecumenical Patriarch has arrived in Hungary, where he will preside over the consecration of the Orthodox center "Phanarion."
OCU raiders stage attack on seized church in Kyiv, media
OCU "hierarch" Serhiy Horobtsov published a provocative post online regarding St. John's Church in Bykivnia seized by his people.