{"id":1497292,"date":"2022-05-30T16:29:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T20:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1497292"},"modified":"2022-05-30T16:29:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T20:29:50","slug":"ukrainian-orthodox-church-cuts-ties-with-moscow-over-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-orthodox-church-cuts-ties-with-moscow-over-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Orthodox Church Cuts Ties With Moscow Over Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukrainian-orthodox-church-cuts-ties-with-moscow-over-invasion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1497292&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Ukrainian Orthodox Church cut ties with the Moscow Patriarchate on Friday, the latest response to the continued Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Orthodox Christianity does not have a single unified church structure but is instead composed of over a dozen autocephalous- \u2018self headed\u2019 churches, largely following national lines. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Russian-Orthodox-Church\">Russian Orthodox Church<\/a> is by far the largest of these, with nearly 100 million members, and has traditionally governed all Orthodox Churches within the old Russian Empire, including Ukraine \u2014 until now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fully understand how the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is suffering today,\u201d Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2022\/05\/29\/patriarch-kirill-understands-ukraine-church-schism-a77830\">said<\/a> in a statement from Moscow, adding that the \u201cspirits of malice\u201d wanted to divide Russian and Ukrainian believers but said spirits would not succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Patriarch Kirill has long been a <a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/russo-ukrainian-war\/1013833\/meet-kirill-putins-personal-patriarch\">close ally<\/a> of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has often styled himself as a defender of Russian Orthodox Civilization, and has endorsed his campaign in Ukraine, <a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/russo-ukrainian-war\/1011020\/war-in-ukraine-is-a-metaphysical-battle-against-a-civilization-built-on\">casting<\/a> the conflict as a \u201cmetaphysical\u201d battle and \u201ca fundamental rejection of the so-called values \u200b\u200bthat are offered today by those who claim world power.\u201d This stance has earned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-worst-sin-in-the-world-the-worlds-orthodox-churches-condemn-russias-war-on-ukraine\">condemnation<\/a> of many other Orthodox leaders, including some within his own flock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only did he fail to condemn Russia\u2019s military aggression but he also failed to find words for the suffering Ukrainian people,\u201d OUC Archbishop Kliment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/orthodox-church-kirill-war-russia\/31872141.html\">said<\/a> on behalf of the church leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Some analysts believe the split represents a major blow to Putin\u2019s geopolitical ambitions. \u201cThe idea of Putin unifying the Russian world, including Ukraine and other post-Soviet states, hinges on the idea that Russia is the center of Christianity and the center of the unique Eurasian civilization that the Russians believe is exceptional just like Americans think America is exceptional,\u201d former intelligence officer Rebekah Koffler told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/pro-russia-ukrainian-orthodox-church-splits-moscow-huge-blow-putin\">Fox News<\/a>. \u201cOnce the church splits, it takes the whole divinity idea out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The split comes after a similar schism in 2018 which followed the Russian annexation of Crimea and support of separatists in the Donbas region, and formalized a split within the Ukrainian Orthodox community between those loyal to Moscow and those who are under semi-recognized Patriarchate of Kyiv, sometimes called the Orthodox Church of Ukraine or the OCU to avoid confusion. About 68% of Ukraine\u2019s population is Orthodox, and before the war, roughly a quarter of the orthodox population was affiliated with Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the war with Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/hundreds-of-orthodox-churches-in-ukraine-reject-moscow-patriarchate-for-kyiv-church-leader-says\">over 100<\/a> churches within the UOC had defected to the OCU. It is unclear whether or not the two factions will unify, or if all members of the UOC will go along with the decision; many in territories controlled or likely to be controlled by Russia may remain under the Moscow Patriarchate for political reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ukrainian Orthodox Church cut ties with the Moscow Patriarchate on Friday, the latest response to the continued Russian invasion of Ukraine. Orthodox Christianity does not have a single unified church structure but is instead composed of over a dozen autocephalous- \u2018self headed\u2019 churches, largely following national lines. 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