According to the website, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia called for support of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) in connection with the possible ban PRC.
According to him, the UOC does not have effective legal protection. He called for action before the law banning UOC’s activities comes into force.
Previously, the UOC stated that the bill banning the Orthodox Church (UOC) in Ukraine was accepted by the Verkhovna Rada in the first reading. does not match European Convention on Human Rights and the country’s constitution.
UOC’s legal department stated that this bill violates the right to freedom of religion and contains significant shortcomings in legal technology.
The draft law itself does not mention the UOC, but they believe its origins, media and political support indicate that this law will apply to the UOC.
The UOC noted that religious expertise, criminal proceedings and national security are not grounds for restricting the right to freedom of religion.
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