Two hierarchs of the Orthodox Church reposed in the Lord yesterday, March 11.
The Macedonian Orthodox Church-Ohrid Archbishopric (MOC-OA) has full and complete autocephaly, and does not need to change its name in order to receive a new tomos from the Patriarchate of Constantinople, an elder bishop of the MOC-OA writes in a new statement.
Bishop Irenei went on to offer his thanks for the prayers and labours of his brother-Hierarch.
The head of the Moldovan Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate is calling on the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church to enter into a dialogue about the aggravated ecclesiastical situation in Moldova.
On February 29, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Church announced the creation of its structure in Ukraine, saying it encourages the more than 100 churches of Romanian ethnicity in Ukraine to join the new structure in order to “restore communion with the Mother Church, the Romanian Patriarchate.”