mo4ch:>Ukrainian church independence supporters storm residence of split opposing top cleric (VIDEO) | Mo4ch News

Protesters tried to break the gates of local eparchy chief’s residence in southeastern Ukraine. The group was angry over his opposition to the split from the Russian Orthodox Church.Demonstrators descended on the residence of Metropolitan Ephraim in Kryvyi Rih on Saturday, according to Ukrainian Orthodox Church website. The statement described the group, comprised of no more than 20 people judging by the video filmed by a local journalist, as “provocateurs” who “tried to break the door of the building” and “shouted insults” at the ruling bishop of Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol eparchy.Some representatives of the Ukrainian Church wanted it to split from the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian Orthodox Church), of which it has been part of for centuries. The move towards independence, known as autocephaly, was greenlighted by the Constantinople Patriarchate prompting a major schism in the Modern Orthodox world and increasing tensions among the believers.Read more The demonstrators were holding placard…