UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALY AND LOCAL CHURCHES: UNITY ABOVE ALL – OPED

By Jelena Rakocevic*, eurasiareview

It’s been more than six month since the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) was created and received autocephaly from the Ecumenical Patriarchate but scandals surrounding it don’t subside. On the one hand, the Ecumenical Patriarch’s authority in the Greek world remains incontestable.