The conflict between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate breaks out most deeply in Ukraine, where two church structures operate in parallel. Archbishop Sylvester of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in an interview for "Vreme" talks about the severance of ties with Moscow, the absence of dialogue with Constantinople and the danger of church isolation
The Ukrainian parliament voted to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which recognizes the Moscow patriarch. He accuses her of spreading Russian propaganda and complicity in the invasion of the Kremlin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sees the historical break of ties with this church as a step towards spiritual independence
While people are dying in Ukraine, the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill talks about the perverted West and the pernicious influence of the gay parade, the Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Epiphany compares Putin to Hitler, and the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate Onufriy desperately calls on Putin to end the fratricidal war "which is not justified neither God nor man"
