Варфоломей I подписывает томос о предоставлении независимости Украинской Церкви

Это будет иметь далеко идущие последствия для мировой христианской православной общины и для политики в Евразии. В субботу (5 января), на церемонии в Стамбуле перед священнослужителями и украинскими политическими лидерами, Вселенский Патриарх Константинопольский Варфоломей I подписал томос Украины, документ, который предоставляет независимость Украинской Православной Церкви.

Официальная передача томосов состоится в воскресенье, в канун Рождества, согласно христианскому православному каландру.

Подписание томоса официально знаменует собой независимость Украинской Церкви от Русской Православной Церкви, которой она подчинялась в течение трехсот лет. Теперь у украинцев будет одна национальная церковь во главе с митрополитом Епифанием, который был избран ее главой в совете объединения в Киеве 15 декабря.

«Благочестивый украинский народ ждал этого благословенного дня целых семь веков», - сказал Варфоломей I в своем обращении. Теперь украинцы могут пользоваться «священным даром освобождения, независимости и самоуправления, освобождаясь от всякой внешней зависимости и вмешательства», добавил он на церемонии, которая состоялась в соборе Святого Георгия, где находится Вселенский Патриархат в Стамбуле.

Среди присутствующих на церемонии подписания были президент Украины Петро Порошенко, спикер парламента Украины Андрей Парубий и несколько министров.

источник: commonspace.eu по материалам агентств

фото: Вселенский Патриарх Костантинопольский, Варфоломей I, с главой новой Украинской Православной Церкви Епифаном I и президентом Украины Петром Порошенко, которые встретились вскоре после церемонии подписания томосов, дающих независимость Украинской Церкви, на церемонии в Стамбуле 5 января 2019 года.

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