Kiril never to make it up with Kyiv patriarch, Moscow church says

“Who should make peace with whom? There are 15 independent Orthodox churches in other countries, and none of them recognized Filaret’s breakaway church. Reconciliation is possible is Filaret returns to the fold of the Orthodox church and repents,” Longin said. 

“Last year the former president Yushchenko was eager to set up his own independent church in Ukraine, but nothing good came out of it. Yushchenko imagined himself a Messiah and wanted to make by force what couldn’t be done. The will of the people must not be suppressed. If they prefer to be members of the UOC (Moscow patriarchate), they cannot be forced to join any other church. We cannot violate the rules set by God,” Longin summed up, according to Liga.