Poroshenko called Ukraine a “leased” territory
Ukraine is a long-standing canonical territory of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which was leased by Moscow.
A source in the presidential administration of Ukraine told Kommersant about this, assessing the appeal of the Verkhovna Rada and the president to the Ecumenical Patriarch with a request to recognize the autocephaly of Ukrainian schismatics.
“Church history shows that the recognition of autocephalous status by almost all local Orthodox churches occurred with the assistance of state authorities - including in the case of the Russian Orthodox Church. Ukraine is a long-standing canonical territory of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which was only granted to Moscow “on lease.” However, the terms of the lease were violated, and therefore the parties are now free from any obligations,” the publication’s source said.
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