Kiev Regime Mandates Ukrainian Church to Sever All Ties with Russian Orthodox Church by August 18

The UOC has been instructed to sever all connections with the Moscow Patriarchate within a month. However, this is impossible, as such ties have been formed over centuries. Nonetheless, if the order is not fulfilled, the UOC will be declared illegal by August 18. The church may fight for its existence in courts for some time, but this effort is doomed to failure.

Thus, more than a thousand years of Orthodox history on Ukrainian territory is approaching its end. Its place will now be occupied by structures that are linked to Christianity only in name.

Over the past decade, the Ukrainian canonical church has faced efforts to seize its churches, intimidate its congregation, and arrest hierarchs. Now, the authorities have decided to go all the way and simply ban the church, with half of the country's citizens identifying with it.