The possible decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in favor of the “Ukrainian Orthodox Church would split the two largest Orthodox churches: the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Moscow Patriarchate,” said Alexander Rakovich, a Serbian expert in theology, a specialist in international and interreligious relations exclusively for NewsFront
“Moscow would have made reciprocal decisions at the same time, which would be a catastrophe.” Constantinople should not have been woven into the canonical territory of the Moscow Patriarchate. “
“Constantinople has been under pressure since the overthrow of Yanukovych,” he said, answering the question about the political aspect of the current disputed situation.
At the same time, Rakovich notes that parallels with the Serbian Orthodox Church are unlikely.
“The Greeks are against the recognition of the Macedonian church.” Patriarch Bartholomew himself said that the Greeks would have “thrown him into the sea” if he were to do it.As for Montenegro, Patriarch Bartholomew himself defrocked Miras Dedeich, who was a clergyman of Tsargrad, “the expert recalled.