By Romfea.news
The Directorate of External Church Relations of Autocephalous Church of Ukraine gave clarifications on the Divine Liturgy that took place a few days ago, on March 31, in the Catholic Church of St. Urkha in Slovenia.
According to the announcement, information that has come to light concerning the Divine Liturgy officiated by the Archpriest Vasily Kuchirka in the Catholic Church of St. Urkha in Slovenia, “has no ground in reality.”
As reported, “the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has not established and does not intend to establish its own parish on the territory of Slovenia.
The Divine Liturgy was performed at the request of the Ukrainian diplomats to Slovenia in a Roman Catholic Church which was kindly offered for this Divine Liturgy by the local Roman Catholic Metropolis.
For this reason Roman Catholic priest Alesh Tomašević attended but did not concelebrate the Liturgy.
According to the Tomos of autocephaly, a dialogue is being held with the Ecumenical Patriarchate on transferring the Ukrainian Metropolises to the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate while a part of the parishes in Europe has completed this process.
It should be emphasized that the alleged concern of Moscow-related SMEs regarding compliance with the terms of the Tomos, which is not recognized by Moscow, and the rules, which are regularly violated, provokes great derision, especially when this occurs on April’s Fool Day”.
