In late July, the Ukrainians will celebrate the 1030th anniversary of the Baptism of Ukraine, said Poroshenko journalists. It quoted the presidential press service.
According to Poroshenko, every country, including Ukraine, He has the right to an independent church. 28 in July the country will celebrate the 1030th anniversary of the Baptism of Ukraine. It was then, and Ukrainian church was established.
Ukraine has a Mother Church - Constantinople. And then Ukraine was “mother” for the Russian Orthodox Church. Exactly, and not vice versa, he said.
Today, Moscow is trying to prohibit the Ukrainians to have their own church.
Russian church - Church of the aggressor, and the Ukrainian church for Ukrainians - it's a big difference, said the president.
He added, that the creation of an independent church supports more than half of Ukrainians.
Recall, at 1992 , Metropolitan Filaret of the ROC requested autocephalous status for Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UPC). Not having received the consent of Filaret decided to create a Kiev Patriarchate. For this Russian Orthodox Church excommunicated him and anathematized. Last year, the Metropolitan again turned the Russian Orthodox Church, but with an offer of reconciliation. However, he stressed, that will never repent for their actions.
In April this year Poroshenko declared to the whole world, Ukraine "closer than ever" to his dream of an independent church (autocephaly).
