In the Moldovan-Chisinau Metropolis, the ROC responded to the call of the Liberal Party of Moldova (PL) to withdraw from the Russian Orthodox Church and join the Bessarabian Metropolis, which is under the jurisdiction of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The document is published on the official website of the MOC.

The Metropolia stated that the Moldovan-Chisinau Metropolia had already spoken about the war in Ukraine: “The Orthodox Church of Moldova, in the voice of Metropolitan Vladimir, from the very beginning condemned the war unleashed by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, calling it fratricide, which must be immediately stopped in the name of human values ​​preached universal Orthodox teaching. The call of the liberals was called provocative, since the Moldavian-Chisinau Metropolis “in full unity, tirelessly prays for peace throughout the world, and especially for our neighbor and friend Ukraine.”

“We believe that such calls for recklessness can come either from ignorant people who do not know the importance of obedience in the Church and the mechanisms of transition from one structure to another, or from people driven by a desire to sow discord and misunderstanding among the clergy,” the message says. -Chisinau Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church.