Ukrainian issue: A temporary Exarchate by the Ecumenical Patriarchate as a potential solution
04.11.2025
If the Ecumenical Patriarchate does not intervene promptly, the situation in Ukraine risks becoming a pawn in political games. Without violating the Tomos of Autocephaly and without unnecessary conflicts, the Ecumenical Patriarchate could mediate for a permanent resolution of the ecclesiastical crisis in Ukraine by establishing a temporary Exarchate to “house” that part of Metropolitan Onuphry’s flock which wishes to sever ties with Moscow definitively but refuses to join the officially recognized Church of the country.