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Ukrainian schismatics removed from the rite of Baptism a fragment where the person being baptized renounces and spits on Satan - According to OCU cleric Andrei Dudchenko, this decision was made because it “only makes people smile”translated

November 12, 2026 · 1 min read

Secretary of the “Synodal Theological and Liturgical Commission of the OCU” Andrei Dudchenko (a former cleric of the UOC who previously betrayed the Mother Church and went over to the schismatics), stated that from the rite of baptism in its structure they excluded the moment when the person being baptized blows and spits on Satan.

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