The celebration comes as the UOC maintains its Orthodox faith despite facing a state persecution campaign targeting the Church as an institution and Met. Onuphry along with several other hierarchs and clerics personally.
Multiple Romanian Orthodox hierarchs and clergy gathered at Brâncoveanu (Sâmbăta de Sus) Monastery in Brașov County on Saturday, August 16, for the local proclamation of the canonization of St. Serafim the Long-Suffering of Sâmbăta de Sus.
His Eminence Archbishop Alexei of the Orthodox Church in America’s Diocese of Sitka and Alaska briefly met with President Putin during the latter’s visit to Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine with President Trump on Friday.
The new bishop for the Orthodox Church in America’s Diocese of the West was consecrated in San Francisco over the weekend.
Metropolitan Antony, the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and of the Diaspora, has been hospitalized for heart surgery, marking his fourth cardiac hospitalization since January 2024.