According to the letter, Met. Isaiah, 92, underwent surgery and is in good spirits.
The Local Council of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” gave final approval yesterday to the decision to switch to the New Calendar.
The newly consecrated Bishop Theophan of Philomelion issued a “Declaration and Clarification” yesterday, addressing the scandal surrounding what happened during his episcopal consecration in Istanbul.
Last week, His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije addressed a number of global religious and secular leaders, including the primates of the Local Churches, calling on them to do what they can to help His Eminence Metropolitan Pavel of Vyshgorod, the abbot of the Kiev Caves Lavra who is being held in a Kiev detention center.
On Tuesday, July 25, Archimandrite Theophan (Koja) was consecrated as a bishop for the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Albanian Diocese of America.