The Constitutional Court of Ukraine opened proceedings on compliance with the Constitution of Ukraine of the Law No. 2626-VIII (on renaming religious organizations). This was announced on April 19, 2019 by the official KSU website Ccu.gov.ua.

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine opened proceedings on compliance with the Constitution of Ukraine of the Law No. 2626-VIII (on renaming religious organizations). This was announced on April 19, 2019 by the official KSU website Ccu.gov.ua. “By the resolution of the board of judges of the KSU openly constitutional proceedings on the case of compliance with the Constitution of Ukraine (constitutionality) of the Law of Ukraine" On Amendments to Article 12 of the Law of Ukraine "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations" regarding the name of religious organizations (associations) that are included in the structure (are part) of a religious organization (association) whose governing center (administration) is located outside Ukraine in a state that is recognized by law to be such that it has carried out military aggression u against Ukraine and / or temporarily occupied part of the territory of Ukraine "dated December 20, 2018 No. 2662-VIII,” it was informed. Constitutional proceedings are open to the provision of 49 deputies, who believe that by adopting anti-church bill No. 5309, the Verkhovna Rada violated the Regulations and a number of articles of the Constitution. At the Legal Hotel of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church , the message KSU was called "good news." “We have repeatedly stated that Law No. 2662-VIII of December 20, 2018 (on renaming) was not only adopted with violations, and also does not comply with the Basic Law of the state - the Constitution of Ukraine. The state is not entitled to force the Church to change its name, even with the help of the law. We hope that the Constitutional Court of Ukraine will restore legality, protect the right to name all religious organizations of Ukraine and put an end to this issue, ”said Archpriest Alexander Bakhov, chair of the department. Earlier, on April 5, 2019, the District Administrative Court of the city of Kiev decided to declare illegal the actions of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine A.V. Parubiya regarding the adoption of the aforementioned law by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The bill number 5309, contrary to the requirements of the regulations, the speaker put on a second vote, wanting to achieve a pre-planned result - the forced renaming of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, according to Law.church.ua . On December 20, 2018, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted as a whole Bill No. 5309, according to which religious organizations “with the center in the aggressor state” are obliged to report this in their full official name. In addition, the clergy of such organizations are forbidden to spiritually nourish the military. According to critics, the adopted law is directed against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is in canonical unity with the Moscow Patriarchate. The legal department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church called the law unconstitutional.