ODESA — (RISU.ORG.UA) According to an Interfax report of December 11, 2009, Archbishop Mark of Berlin, Germany, and Great Britain says the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad wants autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church even less than the Church in Russia.
“We can’t even imagine Russia without Ukraine and the Russian Church without its Ukrainian part,” Archbishop Mark told the Yedinoye Otechestvo website.
According to the Archbishop, “the Ruthenian (Ukrainian - editor) flock has been the most active for hundreds of years, Ruthenian hierarchs were the most prominent in Russia, to tear it away would mean a suicide.”
“I still can’t accept Ukraine as being separate from Russia, it doesn’t match my perception of the Russian world,” Archbishop Mark said.
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