First official message of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church about the initiative of the Patriarch of Constantinople, concerning the granting of autocephaly to Ukrainian schismatics

For the first time, the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church officially responded to the initiative of the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew, concerning the granting of autocephaly to Ukrainian schismatics. Here is a translation of the full message: « Message to the episcopate, clergy, monks, nuns and laity, on the occasion of the initiative of ‘granting autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in the Ukraine’. Your Eminences, your Excellencies, Dear fathers,