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Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church calls upon Verkhovna Rada not to divide Ukrainian believers into ‘us and them’

The enthronement of the Beatitude Metropolitan Kiev i All Ukraine OnufryThe Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, at its session held in the Kiev Lavra of the Caves on 25 September 2018 under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine, called for the rejection of the

unconstitutional bills which are currently being considered by the Verkhovna Rada (Minute No. 18).

The Synod calls upon all those involved in the implementation of the bills Nos. 4128 (on the change of subordination of religious communities), 4511 (on the special status of religious organizations) and 5309 (on the change of the names of religious organizations) to reject these legislative initiatives as anti-church and anti-constitutional.

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