Томос 19 – матрица за вселенски разкол
Tomos 19 – Matrix for Ecumenical Schism

Author(s): Vasilianna Merheb
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Christian Theology and Religion, Sociology, Theology and Religion, Studies in violence and power, Eastern Orthodoxy, Geopolitics
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Tomos; autocephaly; Ukraine; Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP); Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC); Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU); Bartholomew; USA; schism; matrix for ecumenical schism; georeligious
Summary/Abstract: The paper sets out the main highlights of the analysis of the disastrous consequences of the non-canonical granting of “autocephaly” to the schismatic „Orthodox Church of Ukraine“ (OCU) by patriarch Bartholomew through the unilateral and anti-Conciliar issuance of a „Tomos“ in 2019 against the will of the Ukrainian Orthodox people. This predetermines „Tomos'19“ as a destructive matrix for ecumenical schism aimed at subordination of all local autocephalous Churches to the Fener in favor of realization of georeligious goals. Further, the process of creation of the geopolitical structure OCU, possessing all the features of an authoritarian ucrofascist sect, as a result of the tripartite collaboration between the USA, patriarch Bartholomew and former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, is outlined. In addition, the results of the fake „Tomos'19“ are described as poisonous fruits on the territory of Ukraine – the series of repressions against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate – and in the local Orthodox Churches, the majority of which do not allow the recognition of the OCU. The article examines the repercussions of the situation on the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC), tracing some of the antichurch processes in Bulgaria after the production of „Tomos 19“, with a focus on the serious danger of schism after the concelebration of three Bulgarian metropolitans and two bishops with schismatics from the OCU, which in its own way is a serious anti-state and anti-church diversion. In the end, the main conclusion is the necessity of convening an All-Orthodox Council to break the trap of the series of grave violations of patriarch Bartholomew, and in particular in the BOC to initiate the convening of a Church-People's Council to decide on the canonical punishment of the specific hierarchs who broke the rules if they do not renounce these actions and repent.

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