After Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Ieronymos, it is the turn of Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria to be stricken off the diptychs of Moscow. The Patriarchate of Moscow announced that the Patriarch of Alexandria would no longer be commemorated after the recognition of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the commemoration of Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv by Patriarch Theodore.
“The Russian Orthodox Church expresses its regret with regard to the references to the decision made by Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria. The Patriarch of Alexandria can no longer be commemorated at the Divine Liturgy by the Russian Orthodox Church,” Vice-Chairman of the External Relations Department, Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, told Interfax.