His Eminence John of Korçë was elected Archbishop of the Albanian Church on March 16, following the repose of His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios in late January.
“It’s so glorious how the God shines within this one particular area,” said the Rev. John Sorochka, now rector emeritus.
As the Commission notes, the UN has criticized the Ukrainian law, and in fact, has repeatedly condemned the persecution of the UOC, but while the Ukrainian government talk about its European trajectory, it has ignored these warnings, in favor of banning canonical Orthodoxy in Ukraine.
Estonian authorities have taken another step towards banning the Estonian Orthodox Church.
She spent 67 years laboring in asceticism, including 10 as abbess.