At its session on February 29, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church made the controversial decision to establish its own structure in Ukraine.
Igumen Pitirim (Golikov) died at the age of 87 following a long illness on Sunday, August 11. He reposed the day after his name’s day—the feast of St. Pitirim of Tambov. He labored in monasticism for 51 years, and 47 years in the priesthood.
The Czech Republic has revoked the permanent residency of Archpriest Nikolai Lischenyuk, 51, who served as representative of the Russian Orthodox Church at its representation church in Karlovy Vary from 2006 to 2022.
News of an agreement between the Estonian Orthodox Church and state authorities on steps towards separating from the Moscow Patriarchate has been removed from the site of the Estonian Orthodox Church.
The history of Orthodoxy in Estonia dates back to Russian missionaries of the 10th-12th centuries. Constantinople’s parallel jurisdiction was established in 1996.