The Ukrainian commune, bordering the Maramures region on the right bank of the Tisza, has decided to sever ties with the Moscow Patriarchate and its leader

.

This was officially announced by the parish counselor

, who posted on Facebook a text signed by the heads of the Orthodox parish committees in Strimtura, Apsha de Jos, Apsha de Milok, Slatina and Topchina.

Attending a meeting of Romanian Orthodox priests and believers in Slatina commune, Mayor

said that the Moscow Patriarchate supports the Russian army's war against Ukraine, so there is no reason to remain under Moscow's jurisdiction.

"In fact, the aggressor's war against the Ukrainian people was blessed by the ROC, the fighting brought many casualties and destroyed the infrastructure of Ukrainian cities and villages," - said in a statement of this collective decision, which voted for 177 people out of 180 present at the meeting.

Thus, Slatina is the first territorial community of Transcarpathia in which 100% of religious communities came out of the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church.

It remains unclear under what jurisdiction these parishes will be after all the trials are over.

The departure of the Orthodox Churches from the Moscow Patriarchate

Several Orthodox churches around the world have seceded from the Moscow Patriarchate following a blessing given by Patriarch Kirill to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Orthodox Church in Amsterdam was the first of the Western churches to declare a break with the Moscow Patriarchate.

of Vilnius and Lithuania

.

Prayers for Ukraine are now read daily in the Orthodox Churches of Lithuania.

A number of Orthodox parishes in different countries have stopped mentioning and praying for Patriarch Kirill (Gundyaev).

In addition, Russian aggression has significantly intensified the transition from the ROC to the autocephalous church in Ukraine itself.

In three years, almost 700 parishes operating within the ROC in Ukraine have joined the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

Patriarch Kirill is also not mentioned there at liturgies.

In Ukraine, as of March 15, Russian troops shelled at least 28 places of worship and abducted several priests.

The speaker of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Archbishop

, is convinced that Russian troops are deliberately shelling Ukrainian churches.

In addition, even the Svyatogorsk monastery near Sloviansk was hit by Russian shelling, where they opposed autocephaly and showed allegiance to the Moscow Patriarchate, which did not save the monastery from Russian bullets.

Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine

condemned the actions of Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill (Gundyaev), who on March 13 handed over the icon to Victor Zolotov, head of the Rosguard.