Worshippers drove break with Russian Orthodoxy: Ukrainian church

Worshippers drove break with Russian Orthodoxy: Ukrainian church

Ordinary members of the branch of Ukraine's Orthodox church, until now loyal to Moscow, drove the decision to break ranks with the Russian leadership, its spokesman told AFP Saturday.

Worshippers Drove Break With Russian Orthodoxy: Ukrainian Church

Worshippers drove break with Russian Orthodoxy: Ukrainian church

Orthodox Church of Ukraine breaks with Moscow over invasion

The break represents a major schism within the church.

The rupture of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with Moscow, a challenge to power

Ukrainian Orthodox Church breaks with Moscow over war

The leaders of the central branch of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine have made a formal break with the hierarchy in Moscow, deepening the schism in a church already divided before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church said it disagreed with the view that Patriarch Kirill I, the leader