Kiev, May 29 (DP.net).– The leaders of the central branch of the Orthodox church in Ukraine 
have made a formal break with the hierarchy in Moscow, widening the schism that is opening since 2014, and declared independence from the Russian Orthodox Church over its support of the Kremlin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, according to a statement on the Ukrainian church's Facebook page on Friday.
Archbishop Kliment said the church's congregation felt it could no longer remain silent. He was speaking inside Kyiv's Pechersk Lavra monastery –one of the most ancient and holy sites in Ukraine– a day after the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow patriarchy declared "full independence"... "It is difficult for me to (understand) the explanation or silence of the representatives of the Moscow patriarchate on the tragedy that is happening today," he added, as tens of thousands are killed and millions displaced. His wing of Ukraine's church is one of the last remaining links to Russia.
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