VOA慢速英語：俄羅斯東正教會宣布同君士坦丁堡普世牧首區(qū)斷絕關系

Russian Orthodox Church Splits with Orthodox Leaders Over Ukraine

俄羅斯東正教會宣布同君士坦丁堡普世牧首區(qū)斷絕關系

The Russian Orthodox Church has announced plans to break ties with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

俄羅斯東正教會宣布計劃斷絕同君士坦丁堡普世牧首區(qū)的關系。

Russian orthodox officials acted after the Patriarchate's recognition of a new Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which will be independent of the Russian church.

俄羅斯東正教會神職人員在(君士坦丁堡)牧首區(qū)承認新的烏克蘭東正教會之后采取了行動。烏克蘭東正教會將會獨立于俄羅斯教會。

Orthodox Christianity has several leaders, or patriarchs, across the world unlike the Roman Catholic Church, which is led by the Pope.

與教皇領導的羅馬天主教會不同，東正教在世界各地有數(shù)位領袖或是大牧首。

However, the Patriarch of Constantinople is considered "the first among equals" in the leadership of Orthodox Christianity. Constantinople is the former name for Istanbul, Turkey's largest city.

然而，君士坦丁堡牧首區(qū)被視為東正教會領導層中的“同儕第一人。”君士坦丁堡是土耳其最大城市伊斯坦布爾的舊名。

Traditionally, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has been led by the Patriarch of Moscow. But several issues have increased tensions between Ukrainian and Russian religious leaders.

烏克蘭東正教會傳統(tǒng)上由莫斯科大牧首領導。但是有幾個問題加劇了烏克蘭和俄羅斯宗教領袖之間的緊張關系。

Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its continued support for separatists fighting Ukraine's central government have led to a split between the two sides.

俄羅斯在2014年吞并克里米亞以及繼續(xù)支持分裂主義者同烏克蘭中央政府作戰(zhàn)，導致雙方分裂。

On October 11, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople officially recognized the new Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Ukraine as independent. While church members in Ukraine celebrated the move, the decision angered Russian church officials.

10月11日，君士坦丁堡普世大牧首巴塞洛繆一世正式承認新的烏克蘭東正教會獨立。雖然烏克蘭的教會成員慶祝此舉，但是這一決定激怒了俄羅斯教會神職人員。

On Monday, Moscow Patriarch Kirill held a meeting, called a Holy Synod, with top church officials in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Following the talks, the Russian Orthodox Church announced the split and what it would mean to worshipers.

星期一，莫斯科大牧首基里爾與高級神職人員在白俄羅斯首都明斯克舉行了一次“至圣會議”。會議結束后，俄羅斯東正教會宣布了這次分裂以及對信徒的影響。

Now, clergy from the Russian Church and the Constantinople Patriarchate will be barred from serving together. Worshipers of one church also may not take part in holy communion in the other church.

現(xiàn)在，來自俄羅斯東正教會和君士坦丁堡牧首區(qū)的神職人員將被禁止一起禮拜。一個教會的信徒也不能參加另一個教會的圣餐。

"We cannot be in communication with this church, which is in schism," said a Russian Orthodox spokesman. He added that the Russian church hopes that "common sense will prevail and that the Constantinople Patriarchate changes its mind."

俄羅斯東正教發(fā)言人表示：“我們不能與這個分立的教會交流。”他補充說，俄羅斯教會希望“理性能占據(jù)上風，君士坦丁堡牧首區(qū)改變主意。”

The Ukrainian Patriarch blamed his Russian counterpart for the split, adding that his actions have "pulled all of Orthodox Christianity into conflict."

烏克蘭大牧首將這次分裂歸咎于俄羅斯的同行，并補充說，他的行為已經(jīng)“將所有東正教拖入了沖突之中。”

The move affects millions of Orthodox Christians across Eastern Europe and Russia. An estimated 100 million of the world's 260 million Orthodox Christians live in Russia.

此舉會影響到東歐和俄羅斯的數(shù)百萬東正教徒。據(jù)估計，全球2.6億東正教徒中有1億人生活在俄羅斯。

Some consider the split the most important since Eastern and Western Christianity split more than 900 years ago.

有人認為，這次分裂是900多年前東西方基督教分裂以來最為嚴重的一次。

I'm Mario Ritter.

馬里奧·里特報道。