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The Ukraine Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) will not to take part in the creation of a new, autocephalous church in Ukraine, as the council of UOC-MP bishops considers that granting the so-called tomos of autocephaly is artificial and forced from outside.

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