A Zaporizhia-based Orthodox priest Anatoliy (Revtov) who was part of a church reporting to Moscow (the Moscow Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church) spurred a scandal at the meeting of the municipal diocese. Following the spat came his decision to quit the UOC-MP, he told Depo.Zaporizhia.
Faced with a rising tide of parishes in Ukraine whose members have voted to transfer their allegiance to the Kyiv Patriarchate, the Moscow Patriarchate has issued rules specifying that parishes cannot change from one hierarchy to another without its explicit written permission, EuromaidanPress reports.