For the first time, the Supreme Court ruled the transfer from the UOC-MP to the OCU legal
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The Supreme Court recognized the legal transition of a religious community from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
For the first time, the Supreme Court has ruled that the transfer of a religious community from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is legal. This is stated on the Facebook page of the Supreme Court, reports UNN.
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The court was informed that some residents of the village of Kalynivka, Zhytomyr region, decided to voluntarily change their canonical affiliation by joining the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. However, this step was challenged in court.
When deciding on the limits of state interference with the right to freedom of religion, the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court was guided by the fundamental provision that the court's task is to determine whether the measures taken at the national level are justified and proportionate, as well as how justified the court's interference in the internal affairs of a religious community is
As a result, the courts of first instance and appeal dismissed the claim.
