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I know Patriarch Bartholomew personally, so his actions in Ukraine didn’t surprise me—Elder Gabriel (Bunge)

Noting that Patriarch Bartholomew previously recognized the canonicity of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, Fr. Gabriel says "We all know that Patriarch Bartholomew did not act voluntarily" in creating the schismatic OCU.

I know Patriarch Bartholomew personally, so his actions in Ukraine didn’t surprise me—Elder Gabriel (Bunge)

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Noting that Patriarch Bartholomew previously recognized the canonicity of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, Fr.

Gabriel says "We all know that Patriarch Bartholomew did not act voluntarily" in creating the schismatic OCU.

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Noting that Patriarch Bartholomew previously recognized the canonicity of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, Fr. Gabriel says "We all know that Patriarch Bartholomew did not act voluntarily" in creating the schismatic OCU.

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