6 May 2018, 13:59 | Religion and policy | 6 | | Code for Blog | |
MP
Vadym Novynskyy has made a trip to Warsaw to persuade the Metropolitan
that Ukrainian autocephaly is inexpedient. This is reported by
Information Resistance web page.
According
to Information Resistance, on May 4, MP of Ukraine Novynskyy, was in
Warsaw, and in the context of the mission assigned by Moscow to set up
an "initiative group" to obstruct the bestowal of autocephaly of the
Ukrainian Church, met with the Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw of the Polish
Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
Together
with Novynskyy, as well as during his recent visit to Istanbul, some
other representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate arrived in Warsaw,
including Metropolitan Anthony, Administrative Director of the UOC-MP,
Fr Mykola Danylevych, Deputy Chairman of the Department of External
Relations of the UOC MP.
“The
mission of the delegation was to persuade the Metropolitan of Warsaw
that it was inexpedient to grant autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church.
Also the arrival of the delegation of the Constantinople Patriarchate in
Warsaw on May 19-20 was discussed,” Information Resistance reports.