BREAKING NEWS
By severing all ties with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople, the Russian Church responded to the decision taken by Fanari for the independence of the Ukrainian Church from Moscow.
In the past, there has been a strong backlash between the two sides, culminating in the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church that the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Cyril, would no longer mention Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. On the side of the Russian Church was the Kremlin, which had advocated the preservation of unity.