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Ukrainian prosecutor protests registration of schismatic Orthodox groupFILARET'S "KIEVAN PATRIARCHATE" ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL ACTIONS
Religii v Rossii, 13 March 2002
The prosecutor general of Ukraine sent a protest addressed to the chairman of
the State Committee for
Religious Affairs, Viktor Bondarenko, stating the illegality of the
registration of the noncanonical group
called the "Ukrainian Orthodox church of the Kievan patriarchate" (UPTsKP).
This was reported today by
the press service of the Ukrainian Orthodox church.
The prosecutor general recommended that the state committee rescind the order
of the Council for
Religious Affairs of the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers of 20 July 1992, on
the basis of which UPTsKP
was registered, since it contradicts the provisions of the Ukrainian law "On
freedom of conscience and
religious organizations."
The prosecutor general's protest suspends the act being protested and
requires an obligatory review within
ten-days' time. According to the prosecutor general's conclusion, the
so-called "All-Ukrainian Orthodox
Council" that was held on 25-26 June 1992 was not authorized to create
UPTsKP.
The basis for the review of the legality of the registration of UPTsKP was an
appeal from 65 deputies of
the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine. The deputies suggested to the prosecutor that
a criminal case be opened
with regard to the appropriation of financial resources and property of the
Ukrainian Orthodox church by
leaders of UPTsKP. UPTsKP was also accused of participation in illegal
actions on 5 March 2002 on the
"Odnako" program on Russian Public Television. Commentator Mikhail Leontiev
reported the participation
of UPTsKP in recruiting mercenaries for "hot spots" in CIS and Chechnia. The
recruiting was conducting
through the "Order of St. Hilarion" that is a part of the UPTsKP structure.
The charter of the order was
established by the former Metropolitan Filaret Denisenko, who was
excommunicated from the Orthodox
church and who now calls himself "patriarch of Kiev." The legal address of
the organization is the official
residence of the "Kievan patriarchate" on Pushkin street in Kiev. The
mercenaries fought as part of illegal
armed formations in Karabakh, Georgia, and Chechnia. According to Mikhail
Leontiev's information, one
of the leaders of the order named Lupynos was captured in Chechnia by Russian
troops during one of its
operations. (tr. by PDS, posted 13 March 2002)
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Very interesting, in my opinion. It must be a Muscovite plot
(like Bill and Hillary's "right-wing conspiracies")
Daniil
