If minor details are discarded, the "Ukrainian recipe" is very simple, the Patriarch of Constantinople has given himself the right to revise any document and agreement issued by his predecessors if their content no longer suits him, he pointed out in an interview for the Belgrade "Politics" Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill answering the question "Can the "Ukrainian recipe" be applied to the territories of other local Orthodox churches?"
The "Politika" journalist noted that the issue, above all, concerns Macedonia and Montenegro, which Patriarch Bartholomew said in a recent interview for "Politika" that they cannot be compared to Ukraine.
Kirill also said that along with the sensational decision to cancel the gramata from 1686 on handing over the Kyiv Metropolitanate to the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople also canceled the ancient canonical rule that prohibits the second marriage of clergy.
"Consequently, what Patriarch Bartholomew said in an interview for your newspaper about Macedonia and Montenegro does not at all guarantee that the Ukrainian scenario will not be repeated there. Macedonia and Montenegro are now independent states, which means that the actuality of the canonical borders of the Serbian Orthodox Church, according to Tomos from 1922, Fanar can easily dispute, as happened with the aforementioned act from 1686. And it is no coincidence that in that interview Patriarch Bartholomew mentioned that what belongs to Serbia belongs to it canonically and ecclesiologically - he deliberately did not say about the Serbian Church, but about Serbia as a state, thereby alluding to its contemporary borders. Although Patriarch Bartholomew says that he has no intention of changing the borders of the Serbian Orthodox Church, he also declares that the Patriarchate of Constantinople is ready to cross those borders if a corresponding request arrives or some kind of "higher church need" appears. Fanar understands this "higher church need" in its own way. And in the case of Ukraine, Constantinople decided to invade when a certain group of political factors was gathered and when Ukrainian politicians and schismatics addressed with requests," Kiril said.
He also asked the question whether any of the inhabitants of the Balkans could guarantee that, sooner or later, some new or existing political leader will not turn to Fanar with a request for autocephaly?
"Moreover, let's not forget that such a request already exists - by Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. It was sent last year, almost simultaneously with the infamous request of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and the Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople took it into consideration in May, which and published the official information. But why would the Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople analyze an issue for which there is clearly no basis, as Patriarch Bartholomew stated in a recent interview? Isn't the existence of Tomos from 1922 in this case a sufficient reason for rejection? It is obvious that there is an idea to repeat the "Ukrainian recipe" in Skopje", said Kiril for "Politika".
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