Community of UAOC Kharkiv-Poltava Eparchy votes for transfer to UGCC
The St. Dmitry's parish of Kharkiv decided to move to the UGCC. Photo: uapc.org.ua
On June 14, 2020, at the general meeting of the Kharkiv St. Dmitry's parish of the Kharkiv-Poltava Eparchy of the UAOCen/tag/uapc-38, parishioners of the community almost unanimously voted for the transfer to the UGCC, reports the site of the eparchy.
The meeting was attended by 68 official members of the parish out of 70, one parishioner abstained during the voting, the rest of the parishioners spoke in favor of becoming subordinate to the Kharkiv Exarchate of the UGCC.
On June 12, St. Dmitry’s community of Kharkiv made a petition against joining the UGCC. The authors of the petition assured that most communities of the eparchy of the UAOC “did not support the schismatic actions” of “Archbishop” Igor Isichenko and transferred to the OCU as part of the UAOC.
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