The Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus on Monday issued a statement regarding the recent decisions regarding the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, emphasizing that the conferring of autocephaly for the latter, by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, was done with an aim towards consolidating peace and unity within the Ukrainian Church.
“We do not dispute this intention, which has not, so far, been achieved. It is natural for a reasonable period of time to pass for results to appear. The Church of Cyprus is at the disposal of all parties interested in peace within the Church ‘of God which He purchased with His own blood’.”
