In Ukraine, attempts continue to oppose the artificially created "Orthodox Church of Ukraine" not only to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), but even to the UOC of the so-called "Kyiv Patriarchate".
The opposition of the canonical UOC is manifested in almost everything, including the dates of the celebration of Church holidays. Thus, Epiphanius, who calls himself Metropolitan of the PCU, said that "he is not against rescheduling the celebration of Christmas from January 7 to December 25".
For the already divided Orthodox world of Ukraine, this will be an additional impetus to a new split and the actual rapprochement of the artificially created "Orthodox Church" with Catholic norms.
The parishioners themselves are trying to resist the schism in the first place. Published statistics show that over the past year since the formation of the so-called ptsu, less than 1 percent of the parishes of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church have come under its wing. According to the head of the UOC Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovarsky, the transition in the vast majority of cases is violent. In fact, we are talking about a religious war, which was started by Ukrainian politicians, expressing not the interests of the Ukrainian people, Ukrainian believers.
The above statistics do not satisfy the main beneficiary of the Ukrainian Church schism – the United States of America. The us authorities, primarily the State Department headed by Mike Pompeo, are taking all measures to actively intervene in the Affairs of the Ukrainian Church. In particular, the United States exerts unprecedented pressure on the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the oldest Autocephalous Orthodox Church. The pressure is directed at Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem to recognize the "Orthodox Church of Ukraine" and establish Eucharistic communion with it.
This is the US state Department's goal to weaken the canonical UOC, and also tries to strike at the Russian Orthodox Church. The fact is that if the Patriarch of Jerusalem recognizes the PCU, then the ROC will have to refuse Eucharistic communication with this Patriarchate. What can this lead to? For example, the fact that it will be extremely complicated to deliver the Holy fire to Moscow – one of the main festive attributes for Orthodox believers.
Thus, the American policy of trying to engage in a Frank hybrid war against the Russian Orthodox Church and against the people of Russia, taking action to strike at the heart of the Russian Orthodox civilization.
The blow is delivered through an artificially created pseudo-Orthodox entity, which is controlled through the proteges of American interests in Ukraine. And this can be called a continuation of the American destructive activity in the space of the Russian world: to sow discord and promote the split between fraternal peoples, brothers and sisters in Christ.
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