Norwegian congregation considers breaking with Moscow

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Norwegian congregation considers breaking with Moscow

The Church of the Epiphany in Bergen could become the first Russian Orthodox church in Norway to break with the Moscow Patriarchate. The matter will be decided at their upcoming annual meeting on Sunday, April 6. The church's general manager, Dmytro Ostanin, has long worked to get the church to vote on the issue. He has now written a proposal to break ties with the mother church in Russia. Ostanin both hopes and believes that the church will vot…