Aux yeux de ceux qui sont allé vers le schisme et se sont mis en dehors de l'Eglise, son unité ne signifie plus rien

Le métropolite Hilarion a dit: "Les accords inter-orthodoxes quant à l'octroi de l'autocéphalie sont bien réels. Un texte reconnaissant et octroyant l'autocéphalie a été élaboré et signé par l'ensemble des Eglises locales, y compris celles de Constantinople et de Russie, ceci en 1993 à Chambésy. Ce texte a été mis au point et validé en 2009. Le document définit d'une manière claire et circonstanciée les principales conditions de l'octroi de l'autocéphalie.

Déclaration du métropolite Hilarion en russe et en anglais

"For those who are outside the Church, who are already divided from it, church unity does not mean anything, "it is really a phantom, just a sound," the metropolitan said. "They are ready to continue undermining it to secure their interests and the interests of a specific political administration," he said.

Metropolitan Hilarion said he disagrees with those who believe that there is no consensus in the Orthodox world on the issue of autocephaly, and that means that Constantinople can act at its own discretion on the "Ukrainian issue."

"The inter-Orthodox agreements on the issue of granting autocephaly exist. I am surprised to hear that they didn't exist. The document Autocephaly and Means of Proclaiming It was drafted and approved by the Orthodox Center of the Constantinople Patriarchate in Chambesy. All local Churches, including the Constantinople and Russian ones, signed it 25 years ago," Metropolitan Hilarion said.

The document contains a clear and detailed description of the main two aspects, he said. Firstly, autocephaly is granted to a specific part of a local Church with the consent of the Patriarchate to which this church region now belongs. Secondly, autocephaly is granted with the consent of the Assemblies and all other autocephalic Churches, the metropolitan said.

The document was updated and was approved at the inter-Orthodox preparatory commission in Chambesy in December 2009, he said.

"In my view, it's a model for achieving all-Orthodox consensus. Initially, all local Churches had different viewpoints on this issue, but as a result of free and fair discussions they managed to achieve a compromise that suited all parties and took into account all positions," the metropolitan said. Read more
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Легитимизация раскола на Украине рассечет на части все тело мирового православия - митрополит Иларион

"Межправославные договоренности по вопросу предоставления автокефалии есть. Мне удивительно слышать, будто их не было. Документ "Автокефалия и способ ее провозглашения" был разработан и одобрен на Межправославной подготовительной комиссии, заседавшей в ноябре 1993 года в Православном центре Константинопольского патриархата в Шамбези. Все поместные Церкви - и Константинопольская, и Русская в том числе - подписали его еще 25 лет назад", - напомнил митрополит Иларион Далее по ссылке