The episcopal ordination and enthronement of Bishop-elect Vasily is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Holy Trinity Cathedral in San Francisco, CA.
The Metropolitan noted that he has served in Rome and can say that the whole subject of Greek Catholicism in Ukraine is a “complicated matter,” and it is better not to discuss it publicly.
There are plans for an OCA-Macedonian concelebration in the future in Washington, DC.
The leaders called upon the Israeli government to be held accountable for those “who facilitate and enable” these attacks.
Although there is an ongoing ecclesiastical investigation against him, it is well known that he has not been stripped of his priestly faculties.