The Antioch Patriarchate does not recognize the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, but supports the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).
The Bishop of Antioch Orthodox Church Dimitri (Sharbak) came to a temporary occupied mariupol. On Sunday, May 11, it was reported on the Russian Orthodox Church website, and propagandists also said.
The Russian Orthodox Church noted that the Bishop of Sofitsky, the equivalent of Akkar Metropolis visited the city on May 8 following the blessing of the patriarch of Moscow Cyril. In Mariupol, the Antioch Patriarchate hierarch met the metropolitan and mariupol Vladimir and the local clergy.
Bishop Demetrius was shown by two temples built on the site of religious structures destroyed during the fight in 2022. At the time of the inspection of the Holy Patriarchate, one of the priests informed the Antioch Patriarchate representative that the Azov regiment warriors were said to have been fired in the icons and the altar.
The Antioch Orthodox Church is one of the five ancient patriarchies including Roman, Constantinople, Alexandria and Jerusalem.
According to the legend of the church, the 37 -year -olds of the apostles Peter and Paul found it in the city of Antioch. The Patriarchate Center is now located in Damascus, Syria. During worship, Arabic, Greek, English and other languages are used.
In the modern diptych of Orthodox churches, the Antioch Church takes a third place in Prestige. He does not recognize the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, but supports UOC, which is in the jurisdiction of the patriarchate of Moscow.
On the night of March 19, Russian troops injured the massive attack on the civilian infrastructure of the Sumy region. Under the uprising is the monastery of St. Nicholas in Miropole and two hospitals – in Krasnopolia and Sumy.
Remember that St. Andreevsky Cathedral of UOC of Moscow Patriarchate in Zaporozhye was damaged by an explosive wave as a result of attacking Russian troops.
Source: korrespondent
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