Zaev: With the tomos that the SOC sent to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, there is no obstacle for declaring autocephaly of the MOC-OA
The Macedonian people and all the citizens of Northern Macedonia, we have all decided together to live in peace, unity, harmony and progress. "We have decided to solve problems and create a future," the former prime minister shared on Facebook Zoran Zaev after the news that the SOC recognized the autocephaly of the MOC-OA.
"The Prespa Agreement, NATO membership, Open Balkans and good neighborly policies are the reason why today the Macedonian people have no problem with the name of their Macedonian country, their Macedonian Orthodox Church - Ohrid Archbishopric, or their security and safety," he said. he.
We live and will live in harmony with our Balkan brothers and sisters, we fully encircle our spiritual and state independence. "With the blessing and tomos for autocephaly of the MOC-OA that the Serbian Orthodox Church sent to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, there is no longer any obstacle and we expect Patriarch Bartholomew to declare the MOC-OA officially autocephalous." wrote Zaev.
GALLERY | Joint liturgy of MOC-OA and SOC in the cathedral "St. Kliment Ohridski ”in Skopje