Before two of Ukraine's Orthodox churches united officially on Jan. 5, they had not been recognized by the Moscow Patriarchate and its Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), nor by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Now it has become a global problem for the Orthodox Church," said Hilarion in his interview. He said that due to Bartholomew's action regarding the church in Ukraine, "The role of the Patriarch and his role in the worldwide orthodox church is no longer clear." Olav Fykse Tveit, the WCC head told Ecumenical News, "The Russian Orthodox Church is our biggest member church." Hilarion did not seem optimistic that the latest schism in the Orthodox Church can be quickly resolved, but he noted that "in the Orthodox Church the concept of conciliarity is very important" and the ROC believes a "mechanism of conciliarity" should be implemented.

Source: Ethiopian News June 09, 2019 22:18 UTC