...In this critical situation, when Constantinople has practically
refused to resolve the matter by means of dialogue, the Moscow
Patriarchate is forced to suspend the liturgical prayerful commemoration
of the Patriarch of Constantinople and with profound regret to suspend
the concelebration with hierarchs of the Patriarchate of Constantinople,
as well as to break off the participation of the Russian Orthodox
Church in the Episcopal Assemblies and in the theological dialogues,
multilateral commissions and any other structures chaired or co-chaired
by representatives of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
In the
event that the Patriarchate of Constantinople will continue to carry out
its uncanonical activities in the territory of the Ukrainian Orthodox
Church, we will be compelled to completely break off the Eucharistic
communion with the Patriarchate of Constantinople. All the
responsibility for the tragic consequences of this division will lie
personally with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and the
hierarchs supporting him.
Being aware that the current situation
puts in jeopardy the whole world Orthodoxy, we at this hour of hardship
ask the Local Autocephalous Churches for support and call upon the
Primates of the Churches to fully realize our shared responsibility for
the fate of the world Orthodoxy and initiate a fraternal pan-Orthodox
discussion on the church situation in Ukraine.
We call upon the
plenitude of the Russian Orthodox Church to pray ardently for the
preservation of the unity of the Holy Orthodoxy.
Source.
This is not a formal severance of communion. But it is a step in that direction.
The Gospel Preached to the Patriarch Abraham
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