Despite recognizing the spiritual authority of the Moscow Patriarchate over Ukraine, they considered this authority suspended as long as the patriarch was under Soviet control. At the same time, the bishops rejected the idea of Ukraine being the canonical territory of the Polish Orthodox Church, although the Polish Orthodox Metropolitan Dionysius continued to claim jurisdiction over the Western Ukrainian territories formerly controlled by Poland between the World Wars.
Despite acknowledging the spiritual leadership of the Moscow Patriarchate over Ukraine, they regarded this authority as temporarily suspended while the patriarch was under Soviet control. Concurrently, the bishops rejected the notion that Ukraine constituted the canonical territory of the Polish Orthodox Church, even though Metropolitan Dionysius of the Polish Orthodox continued to assert jurisdiction over Western Ukrainian regions previously controlled by Poland during the interwar period.