The head of the Moldovan Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) underwent a successful back surgery this week.
At 98, he was the eldest hierarch of the Czech-Slovak Church. He served 66 years as a cleric, including 26 years as a hierarch.
The 60-year-old priest had served as rector of Holy Theophany Orthodox Church for nearly 30 years.
The Antiochian Synod has repeatedly expressed its prayerful support for the UOC under His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine.
His Holiness Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria was laid to rest in Sofia on Saturday, March 16.