ΤΗΕ DECISIONS OF THE HOLY COUNCIL OF THE POLISH ORTHODOX CHURCH
On November 15, 2018, under the chairmsnship of His Eminence, the Great Blessed Sava, the Orthodox Metropolitan of Warsaw and Poland, the Holy. Council of Bishops of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church took place.
Its works concerned external and internal matters.
External issues:
The documents received from the Ecumenical Patriarchate regarding administrative matters were read and acknowledged.
His Beatitude was asked to invite His Holiness the Serb Patriarch Irenaeus to the 800th anniversary celebrations since the episcopal ordination of St. Sava. The ceremony in 2019 will 've attended by: His Eminence, the Great Blessed Metropolitan of Warsaw and all of Poland Sawa, His Excellency, Archbishop of Lublin and Chełmski Abel, His Excellency, Archbishop of Przemysl and Gorlicki Paisjusz.
With regard to the current church situation in Ukraine the following Resolution No. 341 p.7 was adopted:
I. "The Holy Council of Bishops receives disturbing news from the church life in Ukraine, often affecting the life of Orthodoxy in Poland.
Considering the above, as well as the general Orthodox concern of the Orthodox Local Churches, resulting from the instability of church life in Ukraine, which destructively affects the whole of Orthodox Church life in the whole of Orthodoxy, the Bishops' Council, in the interest of the good of the Holy Orthodox Church, upholds the position expressed in the Council's resolution of 9 May 9, 2018, No. 340. And it reiterates its call to take a decision in a gathering of all the primates of the Orthodox Churchesr in the spirit of evangelical love, humility and understanding, while maintaining a dogmatic and canonical doctrine, mutual respect, which will lead to a peaceful solution to the issue of the divided Orthodoxy on Ukrainian soil.
Persons deprived of episcopal ordinations and priests cannot be leaders in introducing peace in the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Their actions cause even more confusion and scandal.
Only the observance of dogmatic and canonical norms of the Church and the preservation of old traditions will protect Orthodoxy from difficult ecclesiastical consequences on an international scale.
The Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church rises with fervent prayers for the unity of the Holy Orthodox Church and the peace of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
II. The Holy Council of Bishops prohibits priests of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church from entering into liturgical and prayer contacts with the "clergy" of the so-called Kiev Patriarchate and so-called "Autocephalous Orthodox Church", which with their past actions have done a lot of evil. "
Internal issues are followed in Polish