Russian Orthodox Church "confiscates" Ukrainian churches in the occupied territory of Kherson region
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Russian Orthodoxy took over churches in the Russian-occupied Kherson left bank because of Metropolitan John's alleged inability to govern them. They appointed Bishop Alexis as administrator of the new diocese.
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH announced the confiscation from Ukraine of churches in the bought territory of the Kherson region. region.About This was reported by the chairman of the local Synodal department for relations between the Church and society and the media Vladimir Legoyda, reports UNN.
In connection with the actual impossibility for His Eminence Metropolitan John of Kherson and Tauris to administer the parishes and monastery of the Kherson diocese Tavricheskiy Metropolitan John to manage the parishes and monastery of the Kherson diocese, located on the left bank of the Dnieper River and in connection with the lack of possibility for the the unimpeded settlement of this situation by the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Church, taking into account also the need for a legal settlement of the situation of the said parishes and monastery of the mentioned parishes and monastery, in response to the appeal of the majority of the clergy of the of the left-bank parishes of the Kherson diocese, by the decision of the Synod the Skadovska Diocese by separating it from the Kherson Diocese.
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This decision was made by the Moscow popes made during a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, which took place on December 27, 2023 under the chairmanship of Patriarch Kirill in moscow.
At the same meeting, the church The invaders also appointed an administrator for the occupied diocese.
The temporary administration of the Skadov diocese was entrusted to Bishop Alexii of Dzhankoy and Razdolnensk. Alexis of Dzhankoy and Razdolnensk.
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We're talking about parishes parishes located on the left bank of the Dnieper River occupied by Russia. According to Legoyda, the decision to allocate a new structure was made "in connection with the the actual impossibility" of Metropolitan John of Kherson and Tauride (Siopko) to manage the parishes and monastery located on the left bank of the Dnieper.
