Primate of Polish Church condemns antichurch bills

On September 13 there was a meeting of Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Sawa, with Head of the UOC Representation to International Organizations Bishop of Baryshevka Victor (Kotsaba). It is reported by Bishop Victor on his Facebook page.

His Beatitude Sawa expressed his support for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and condemned the attempts of passing the antichurch bills 4128, 4511, 5309.

During his stay in the Republic of Poland, the Head of the UOC Representation to International Organizations had a number of task meetings with European civil servants, whose sphere of competence encompasses the religious subject matter.

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