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Published: 28 July, 2009, 15:44
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (C) and Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (R) (AFP Photo/ Sergey Supinsky)

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President Yushchenko's lobbying for an independent Ukrainian church is an intervention of the state into church affairs, said Father Filipp (Ryabykh), a spokesperson for the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Mykhayl July 26, 2010, 04:23

“Political idea”? Name another country other than Ukraine with an Orthodox Church of at least 25 million that is a millennium old that does not have an independent patriarchate? If anyone is “political” it is the Moscow CHURCH.

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