There is no dialogue between the Church and the state, which was before, with the current leadership of the country. Metropolitan of Chisinau and All Moldova Vladimir told Deutsche Welle about this in an interview published on January 18, 2023, Pravlife writes.
As the First Hierarch explained, before the Moldovan authorities invited representatives of the clergy for consultations, discussed “church needs or laws” with them, and divine services were also “broadcast live on television.” Relations between the parties were, until recently, “normal”.
“Now there are no such ties with the leadership,” His Eminence stated.
“Something happened. We were alienated, as if we were not part of society. And this is for the simple reason that we canonically submit to the Moscow Patriarchate,” Metropolitan Vladimir explained.
The current government of Moldova is formed by the liberal pro-European political party Action and Solidarity, which was established on May 15, 2016 by former Minister of Education and current President Maia Sandu.