Almost 2000 members of Greek Church sign an appeal not to recognize OCU
The Annunciation Cathedral in Athens. Photo: lookmytrips.com
About 2,000 people have already signed an open letter from the clergy, monasticism, and laity of the Greek Orthodox Church, in which believers urge their hierarchs not to recognize the OCU, reports the deputy head of the UOC Department for External Church Relations Archpriest Nikolai Danilevich.
The spokesperson for the UOC handed over to the UOJ a photocopy of the Greek letter of appeal.
We recall that on September 11, 2019, 179 representatives of the clergy, monks and laymen of the Greek Orthodox Church published an open letter on the “Ukrainian issue” to Archbishop Jerome of Athens and the bishops. In the open letter, 179 signatories, the clergy of the Greek Orthodox Church, declare that they are aware of the pressure the Greek Church is experiencing in the "Ukrainian church issue" and urge them not to recognize the OCU unilaterally, contrary to the position of other Churches. The UOJ has published the full translation of this letter.
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