Shostatsky complains to Athonites about "problems" with UOC priests
Simeon (Shostatsky) with the Athonites who concelebrated with Dumenko in Kyiv. Photo: orthodox.vinnica.ua
Simeon (Shostatsky), the former Metropolitan of the UOC and now the "hierarch" of the OCU, complained to the Athonite monks about "problems" from "his former fellow priests", reports the newspaper Religion Pravda.
After the concelebration with Dumenko and the head of Phanar in Kyiv, the brethren of the Athonite monasteries Xenophontos and Pantokratoros visited the city of Vinnytsia.
Hieromonk Nikita, a resident of the Pantokratoros monastery, spoke about the "splendid reception" and said that the "wonderful" Metropolitan Simeon (Shostatsky) "initially supports the new Autocephalous Church."
It is for this reason, says Hieromonk Nikita, that Shostatsky "faces many difficulties from his former fellow priests."
The abbot of Pantokratoros said that he “felt the miracle of God”, Who “resurrected the Ukrainian Church and stopped the schism that was devouring the faithful”.
Earlier, the UOJ wrote that according to the secretary of the Vinnytsia Eparchy of the UOC, Archimandrite Arkady (Senchukovsky), out of 20 clergymen who backslid into schism along with the former Bishop Shostatsky, 4 have already returned to the fold of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. In total, there were 280 clergy in the Vinnytsia diocese by the end of 2018.
Read also
Priest's son of UOC Rivne Eparchy killed at the front
The UOC expressed condolences to Archpriest Valentyn Hodun in connection with the death of his soldier son in the Donetsk region.
US college plans to buy Masonic temple to convert it into Catholic shrine
In the state of Ohio, Catholics plan to purchase a Masonic building, consecrate it, and perform a rite of exorcism.
Biblical Samaria joins UNESCO World Heritage List
UNESCO has included the Palestinian village of Sebastia in the list of endangered sites.
Tajikistan bans wearing hijabs and Arab clothing
Tajikistan has tightened control over the wearing of hijabs and Arab clothing, while men with beards are being forced to shave under threat of fines.
Met. Serhiy of Tulchyn prays with persecuted UOC community in Novozhyvotiv
The ruling hierarch of the Tulchyn Eparchy supported the faithful of the Church of the Intercession, who have been forced to worship in a makeshift space after their church was seized and their prayer house destroyed.
DESS gives Pochaiv Lavra 30 days to break ties with Moscow
Ukraine's State Service for Ethnic Policy has ordered the monastery to prove within one month that it has no ties to the Russian Orthodox Church.