The ROC has promised to respond to the appointment of Patriarch Bartholomew his bishops in Ukraine

According to him, this step is "an unprecedentedly crude invasion of the canonical territory of the Moscow Patriarchate".

"Such actions can not remain unanswered," Legoeda said in Telegram.

Earlier, the Patriarchate of Constantinople appointed two exarchs to Kiev "in preparation for granting autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine."

It is about Archbishop Daniil of Pamphylia from the USA and Bishop Illarion of Edmonton from Canada. The press service noted that they both "serve the Ukrainian Orthodox faithful in their countries in the Ecumenical Patriarchate."

The Kiev Patriarchate welcomed this decision.

In July, Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko announced that the receipt of the decree on autocephaly by the UOC-KP KP would complete the establishment of the country's independence.