SHEPETOVKA DIOCESE OF UPTs DENIES REPORT REGARDING
TRANSFER OF RELIGIOUS PARISH TO UPTsKP
The administration of the Shepetovka diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church denies the report published on the website of the Khmelnitsky diocese of UPTsKP regarding the transfer of a religious parish of UPTs of the village of Stavishchany, Belogorie district of Khmelnitsky province, to the jurisdiction of the Kiev patriarchate. [Report at "Rural Ukrainian village debates jurisdiction of Orthodox parish"]
The press service of the Shepetovka diocese of UPTs
reports that at the meeting mentioned in the publication, the
question about a transfer of the parish of UPTs of the village
of Stavishchany to the UPTsKP was not discussed.
"Both the parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
and the parish of the so-called UPTsKP do not have their own
house of worship in that village. A local farmer decided to
build a chapel and therefore on 22 May he initiated a meeting
which would determine the affiliation of the future building,"
the report of the Shepetovka diocese of UPTs notes.
The diocese reports that the businessman himself is
a supporter of UPTsKP, about which he also told the audience.
After speeches by the clergy of UPTs and representatives of
UPTsKP, a vote was held. A majority, 19 of 36 persons present,
supported the idea of affiliation of the future chapel in the
jurisdiction of the Kiev patriarchate.
During the meeting, no other questions were raised,
the letter says. "Thus in the village two parishes are
operating, as previously. The parish of the canonical Ukrainian
Orthodox Church will continue to serve under the omophorion of
His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufrey, and its ruling bishop, His
Eminence Archbishop of Shepetovka and Slavuta Panteleimon.
"The presentation of information by the website of
the Khmelnitsky diocese of UPTsKP about this event is incorrect
and doubtful not only from the point of view of journalistic
ethics but also the Holy Gospel," the UPTs document notes.
Since the false report was reprinted in many
publications and evoked resonance in society, the press service
of the Shepetovka diocese of UPTs expressed the hope that in the
future "news media will disseminate information about the
Shepetovka diocese using reliable and honest sources." (tr. by
PDS, posted 7 June 2015)
Editorial disclaimer: RRN does
not intend to certify the accuracy of information
presented in articles. RRN simply intends to certify the
accuracy of the English translation of the contents of the
articles as they appeared in news media of countries of
the former USSR.
If material is quoted, please give credit to the
publication from which it came. It is not necessary to credit
this Web page. If material is transmitted electronically, please
include reference to the URL,
http://www.stetson.edu/~psteeves/relnews/.