Deacon and parishioners in Ovruch Diocese repent of schism, come back to Ukrainian Church
Deacon and parishioners in Ovruch Diocese repent of schism, come back to Ukrainian Church
The schismatics’ “main focus is on politics, maybe not on saving the soul, ” Dcn. Georgy stated.
The repentant Dcn. Georgy is in the far right. Picture: ovruch. Church.ua
Another cleric has repented associated with soul-destroying sin of schism and returned to Jesus Christ into the canonical Ukrainian Church, bringing their parishioners with him.
On March 10, into the cathedral when you look at the town of Korosten within the Zhytomyr Province, within the existence of their Eminence Metropolitan Vissarion of Ovruch and Korosten and 5 priests, Deacon Georgy Shevchuk repented of their amount of time in the schismatic “Kiev Patriarchate” (KP) under “Patriarch” Philaret Denisenko, states the diocesan press solution.
“We accept you with comfort and love and rejoice at your go back to the holy Church of Christ, which in Ukraine is headed by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and all sorts of Ukraine, ” Met. Vissarion told the repentant deacon.
“You desired to make amends for your sin by arranging and developing a church that is small Osivka. May the father allow you to along with your parishioners in this holy cause, ” the bishop included.