Ukrainian Official Urges WCC to Expel Russian Orthodox Church Over Support for War

Ukrainian Official Urges WCC to Expel Russian Orthodox Church Over Support for War

A senior Ukrainian official has renewed calls for the Russian Orthodox Church to be removed from the World Council of Churches, arguing that its actions during Russia’s war against Ukraine are incompatible with core Christian teachings. Viktor Yelensky, who heads Ukraine’s State Service for Freedom of Conscience and Ethnic Policy, appealed at a seminar hosted by the Collège des Bernardins in Paris, according to reports from the Church Times.
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