The statement comes as the Ukrainian Orthodox Church faces a critical court hearing that could result in the termination of the Kiev Metropolia’s activities.
Abp. Atallah, who is known for his outspoken statements in support of the Palestinian cause, addressed VP Vance in what he described as “the language of love, faith, and humanity.”
The Orthodox Church in America’s Diocese of Sitka and Alaska hosted His Eminence Metropolitan Maximilian of Irkutsk and Angarsk from October 12 to 19, during a pastoral visit that took the hierarch across several historic Orthodox sites in America’s northernmost state.
The St. Sergius of Radonezh Cathedral in Cleveland celebrated its 75th anniversary over the weekend, with services led by His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Nektarije, all the newly baptized retained their birth names so that, as English by nationality, they could witness to Orthodoxy in England.