President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine signed Bill 8317 on banning the Orthodox Church nationwide into law on August 24, Ukrainian Independence Day.
Christos Yannaras, a Greek Orthodox theologian, hailed by some as one of the most important theologians of our day, reposed in the Lord on Saturday, August 24.
In the letter, Pat. John again calls for a pan-Orthodox council to be convened to deal with the ongoing Ukrainian ecclesiastical issue.
His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije and the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church sent a fraternal letter of support to His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine as the Ukrainian state continues to ramp up its persecution of the Orthodox Church.
On Wednesday, August 20, Ukrainian Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of Bill 8371, which is aimed at the banning of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church across the country.