Cherkasy, Cherkasy Province, Ukraine, December 25, 2025
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His Eminence Metropolitan Theodosy of Cherkasy, one of the many persecuted hierarchs of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, has completed inpatient treatment and been discharged from the hospital nearly a month after his health deteriorated in what appears to have been an attempt on his life by poisoning.
“His Eminence has been discharged from inpatient care and transferred to outpatient treatment under the supervision of his attending physician. His health won’t allow him to return to full public ministry yet. But we hope that with God’s help, his complete recovery won’t take long,” the Cherkasy Diocese said in a statement.
The diocese thanks all who grieved and prayed for the Metropolitan during these difficult days and conveys the Metropolitan’s words to the faithful:
My dear and beloved brothers and sisters! Your prayerful support is a great treasure and strength that the Lord has shown me in this period. May the Lord repay each of you a hundredfold for your love and concern, for your prayers and all support!
Met. Theodosy was urgently hospitalized due to a sharp deterioration in his health on November 28. Doctors were able to stabilize his condition only on December 9. In Cherkasy Diocese churches, special petitions for his health are offered at every Liturgy. Every evening, the faithful have been offering a prayer for his healing:
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, for Thou hast said with Thy most pure lips: “Verily I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father Which is in Heaven: for where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.” Unchanging are Thy words, O Lord, Thy mercy is incomparable and Thy love for mankind has no end. Therefore we pray to Thee: grant us, Thy servants, who have agreed to ask Thee: Spare and have mercy on Thy servant, the gravely ill Metropolitan Theodosy, rebuke his illness, remove all passion and all infirmity, quench the fever and the fire, and stretch forth Thy mighty hand, raise him from the bed of sickness, and present him in health, fulfilling our petition. But not as we will, but as Thou wilt. May Thy will be done forever. Amen.
The prayer is read at 9:00 PM, with three prostrations afterwards.
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