According to the chancellor of the UOC, Metropolitan Anthony, while the question of vaccination is not a religious issue,the Church has the following principles regarding it:

First, any vaccination – against coronavirus or other diseases – must be voluntary. A person has the right to refuse it, and Ukrainian legislation law provides for such a possibility, but at the same time everyone “must realize their responsibility for the state of their health and the health of their family.”

Secondly, information on the composition of the vaccine should be transparent. Vaccines against coronavirus are still new and there is minimal information about the substances that they contain. At the same time, it is important for a Christian to know if the vaccine contains human embryonic cell lines derived from an aborted foetus – which is fundamentally prohibited to be used by the faithful.

Thirdly, refusal to vaccinate should not lead to a restriction of human rights and freedoms, and “the Church insists that the issue of vaccination cannot be a reason for limiting those of our rights that are given to us by God Himself” emphasized Metropolitan Anthony.

Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary, chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP)

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