Metropolitan Hilarion’s clarifications on the Ukrainian issue

On September 16, Metropolitan Hilarion was interviewed by the Russian RT television network. Here are the main points of the interview: The Chairman of the Russian Department of External Church Relations starts by defining what autocephaly is.  He also highlights that the Russian Orthodox Church has nothing against autocephaly in itself. But as for granting autocephaly to the Ukraine, there are several major issues. For autocephaly to be granted properly,