A priest of the Orthodox Church of Greece who is known as an outspoken critic of ecumenism and supporter of Orthodoxy in Ukraine is being threatened with defrocking by his ruling hierarch.
Metropolitan Antony, the Prime Hierarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and Diaspora (Patriarchate of Constantinople) was released from the hospital on Friday, January 26, on the anniversary of his enthronement as UOC-USA primate.
The bishop, who was in retirement, will be buried in the historical necropolis of the Moscow Theological Academy at the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra.
Another statement coming from Mt. Athos has offered clarifications on the recent visit of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America.
A group of clerics of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church are calling for the Interior Minister to reconsider the decision not to renew the residence of permit of His Eminence Metropolitan Evgeny of Tallinn that means the bishop will have to leave the country by early February.