Kyiv – Archbishop Mytrofan (Yurchuk), administrator of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), has condemned the creation of the civic organization A National Church for Ukraine, headed by National Deputy Petro Yushchenko, brother of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, whose aim is to unite the Ukrainian Orthodox churches into a single national church. RISU’s Ukrainian-language site posted the news on 30 March 2007.
“This is another attempt to wreak havoc on the complicated interdenominational life of Ukraine,” said Archbishop Mytrofan.
According to Archbishop Mytrofan, Parliament already has a similar committee, consisting of “very nationalistic national deputies, Uniates, Greek Catholics, and people who are far from the faith and the church.”
“It is not a secret that all these attempts failed. It is not hard to imagine what A National Church for Ukraine is up to. No doubt, they will work in the regions in order to ruin the church, starting with parishes,” said the archbishop.
According to him, “after the idea of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to create a bilateral commission between the Orthodox and the schismatics failed, they decided to change the tactics of the criminal war against Orthodoxy.”
Source and previous related RISU news: portal-credo
• http://www.risu.org.ua/eng/news/article;14882/