ROCOR Not To Participate In Meetings Chaired By Church Of Constantinople - Synod

The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) will not participate in meetings chaired by the Church Patriarchate and considers eucharistic intercommunion impossible, ROCOR's Holy Synod said in a statement on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 18th October, 2018) The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) will not participate in meetings chaired by the Church Patriarchate and considers eucharistic intercommunion impossible, ROCOR's Holy Synod said in a statement on Thursday.

"We further reiterate that ROCOR will not participate in theological inter-church meetings, or other dialogues, including the regional Assemblies of Bishops, which are chaired or co-chaired by clerics or hierarchy of the Church of Constantinople," the statement said.

The ROCOR Synod emphasized that the illicit actions of the Constantinople Patriarchate on starting process of granting autocephaly to Ukrainian Orthodox Church "constitute a grave and dangerous injustice" against the traditions of Orthodoxy.