The Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church supports the provision of the Tomos of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and also plans to officially obtain the status of autocephaly. This was stated by the First Hierarch of the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (BABC), Archbishop Sviatoslav Login, RFE / RL reported..

Answering the question how the Belarusian autocephalous Orthodox Church estimates the decision of the Patriarchate of Constantinople to grant the UOC status of autocephalous, he said: "We, of course, support this decision. Our goal is also to legalize in Belarus and officially get the status of autocephaly. Historically, we have a centuries-old Orthodox tradition. In the last century, our church has taken real steps to get autocephaly and to be recognized as ".

According to him, the Ukrainian church is close to them. "Because in the past we had a single metropolitan church - the church in Belarus began with the Kyiv Metropolis. Later it was the Kyiv-Lithuanian metropolia with the center in Novogrudok - it was destroyed by the Moscow church.

And to this day Moscow is doing everything to prevent the Ukrainian and Belarusian churches from receiving autocephaly, "the archbishop said..

He added that the situation of the church in Ukraine and Belarus is very different now. "The Ukrainian Church went to autocephaly for almost 30 last years. Temples, parishes, dioceses and independent ecclesiastical consciousness were revived there.. The example of Ukraine shows that Belarus should strive for spiritual independence from Moscow, "the archbishop stressed..

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