What effect did the decisions of the Sobor of the Russian Orthodox Church have on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate?
I think that naturally, the decisions of the Sobor of the ROC will have an effect on the development of Church life in Ukraine, and these decisions were first and foremost intended to impede the process of unification of Orthodoxy in Ukraine and the creation of one particular Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Recently, Moscow has begun to feel that Ukraine wants to have its own particular Orthodox Church, (independent of Moscow); fearful that this may become a reality, the bishops of the ROC decided to attack the patriarch. But, in fact, this step was directed at the bishops of the UOC-KP, as if to show them that this kind of intimidation awaits them as well if they proceed with the creation of one particular Ukrainian Orthodox Church. However, regardless of these steps taken by the ROC, I think the unification process will come from the grass-roots level, from the faithful, from the parishes and the parish priests, because recently, more and more of the Orthodox population is beginning to fe
