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Govorun: Constantinople acted according to economia, recognizing problematic consecrations in the UOC-KP and UAOC, while the ROC and the UOC applied acrivia

Theologian Kirill Govorun took part in a recent meeting between believers and the clergy of the OCU and the UOC, at which the question of consecrations in the OCU was raised. Govorun posted his answer, in particular, on his own Facebook page.

“The Ecumenical Patriarchate acted according to economia, recognizing the actually problematic ordinations in the UOC-KP and the UAOC. The ROC and UOC-MP instead applied absolute acrivia, not recognizing these consecrations. But even more absolutely they apply double standards, since, for example, they ignore the defrocking of Metropolitan Leonid Gorbachev by the Patriarchate of Alexandria. The fact that the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church boldly rejected this canonical act of the ancient and authoritative Church, and the UOC passively supported such a decision, demonstrates that their selectivity in the application of the canons has political, and not ecclesiastical-theological, overtones,” the theologian said.

In addition, Govorun noted that “historically, the appointment to the bishop and clergy consisted of three elements: election, the laying on of hands, and reception. In the ancient church, the first and third points were considered more important, while the second was sometimes omitted altogether. The consecrations in the UOC-KP and the UAOC lacked the third point, that is, the reception, which was carried out by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and it was supported by other (although not yet all) Churches. By the way, the Moscow Patriarchate once legalized the consecrations of bishops and clerics of ROCOR by the same act of reception. The result was that there was no need for their reordination.”

“When they say that the bishops of the OCU had to be secretly re-ordained somewhere, they don’t understand the essence of ordination. Consecration without prior election, as well as the participation of the people, confirming the choice with the exclamation of “Axios” – this is magic. In itself, secret ordination has no theological or canonical meaning, and according to the standards of the ancient Church, it would have been invalid at all,” the theologian wrote.

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