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On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:05:01 +0200, Steve Hayes
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African priests issue open letter about Patriarch’s recognition of OCU
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia, December 17, 2019
A number of African priests of the Patriarchate of Alexandria have
issued an open letter regarding the recent decision by their
Patriarch, Theodoros II of Alexandria, to recognize the schismatic >“Orthodox Church of Ukraine” and to commemorate its primate, Epiphany >Dumenko, in the Divine services.
Name of Patriarch of Alexandria was removed from Diptychs of Moscow Patriarchate
Dec 26, 2019 | 19:26 in FrontPage, Patriarchate of Moscow
During the meeting of the Holy Synod, chaired by Patriarch Kirill, the
Moscow Patriarchate decided to sever full communion with the
Patriarchate of Alexandria by removing the name of the Patriarch of
Alexandria from its Diptychs. The main reasons were the recognition of
the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the commemoration of Metropolitan
Epiphaniy by Patriarch Theodore.
According to Moscow Patriarchate’s spokesman, Vladimir Legoida, the
Moscow Patriarchate severed full communion with the Head of the Church
of Alexandria but it remains in full communion with the Metropolitans
of Alexandria who did not agree with Patriarch Theodore and did not
recognise the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. He added that the Moscow
Patriarchate had not severed full communion with the Archbishop of
Athens and the Metropolitans of the Church of Greece either.
Vladimir Legoida said that the actions taken by the Patriarch of
Alexandria were not canonical because he recognised the Church of
Ukraine even though the Hierarchs of the Patriarchate of Alexandria
had never voted for such a decision.
He also argued, “The decision of the Patriarch of Alexandria to
recognise the schismatic Church of Ukraine runs counter to his
previous statements according to which he would recognise the
canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church under Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv
and all Ukraine. In addition, such a statement was made by the
Patriarch of Alexandria when he visited the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
from September 27 to October 1, 2018, three weeks after the intrusion
of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Ukraine through the
appointment of an Exarch in Kyiv.”
During the meeting, the Moscow Patriarchate also decided to abolish
the Exarchate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in Moscow and convert
the Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate in Alexandria into a Russian
church. In addition, the Moscow Patriarchate decided to withdraw from
the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Alexandria the parishes of the
Russian Church located on the African continent and to make them
stauropegic monasteries.
Source:
https://t.co/xrF4X3ZFVL?amp=1
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