The Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Sobor), which was held on May 27 in Kyiv, considered issues of church life that arose as a result of the Russian Federation's military aggression against Ukraine, the UOC Information Center reported.
The resolution of the Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was made public on Facebook.
The Council condemned the war, expressed condolences to all the victims and asked the Ukrainian and Russian authorities to continue the negotiation process and expressed disagreement with the position of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on the war in Ukraine.
"For the period of martial law, when communications between dioceses and the church governing center are complicated or absent, the Council considers it expedient to grant diocesan bishops the right to independently make decisions on certain issues of diocesan life that fall within the jurisdiction of the Holy Synod or the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. with subsequent, if possible, informing the clergy," the document says.
