“Fr. Justin was certainly with us and among us,” during the anniversary events, the monastery reflects.
“The ‘Orthodox Church of Ukraine’ is a non-canonical church. They were ordained without grace,” Met. Timotej explained.
The Exarchate currently includes a number of clerics from Lithuania who were defrocked by diocesan authorities, as well as clerics from Belarus and others.
Priest Kirill Zholtkevich
My spiritual training began with my grandfather, a priest. He took me into the altar when I was four. Since then I have been in church and have always been surrounded by clergy.
His Eminence Metropolitan Evgeny of Tallinn and All Estonia was forced to leave the country today after the authorities refused to renew his residence permit.