UKRAINE - ORTHODOX After missiles on cathedral 300 Orthodox priests call for final break with Moscow
Members of the Upz Church, still formally linked to Kirill, have written an appeal to their metropolitan:
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Members of the Upz Church, still formally linked to Kirill, have written an appeal to their metropolitan:
Launching 6 sets of missile strikes in 7 days on Odesa in south Ukraine, Russia heavily damages Transfiguration Cathedral & destroys another grain terminal.
Archbishop Viktor of Artsiz, vicar of the Odesa Diocese, has sent a letter to Patriarch Kirill (Gundyaev) of the Russian Orthodox Church and all members of the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church in connection with the strike of Russian troops on Odesa on Sunday night.
Breaking with tradition, local Orthodox leadership grants the faithful its blessing to move celebrations from January 7 to December 25, continuing separation from Russia.