(Orthodox Christianity) His Holiness
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow issued a decree yesterday suspending
Archimandrite Cyril (Hovorun) from priestly service. Though formally a cleric of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian
Orthodox Church, Fr. Cyril has long been known as a supporter of the
Ukrainian schismatics and has concelebrated with them
a number of times since the creation of the “Orthodox Church
of Ukraine” in 2018. He was even considered a candidate for the
primatial throne of the schismatic OCU.
Fr. Cyril is best known in the English-speaking world for his work
in liberal academia and for his frequent statements to media outlets
that present him as an expert on Church matters. (...)
