Metropolitan Iacob: The Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland will be temporarily transferred directly to the governance of the Patriarch

According to Bodbe Metropolitan, Reverend Iacob, it was decided at the synod session that temporarily the Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland will be transferred directly to the governance of the Patriarch.

He explained what issues were discussed at the synod session.

"When the grave war started in Ukraine, the synod did not meet and we have now met for the first time since then. We expressed sympathy because a great tragedy is happening and we want the war to end quickly and the war to end without justice being lost. We shared the grief of those people, what is happening there is a tragedy for the whole world.

Also, we spoke about the consequences of the earthquake in Turkey, we offered our condolences to the Turkish authorities and the Patriarch of the world. We offered our condolences to the Patriarch of Antioch in Syria. You know that the Syrian state recognized Abkhazia. Our Church stands where Georgia and Georgian people are.

Reverend Zenon met with His Holiness and it was decided that temporarily the Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland will be transferred directly to the governance of the Patriarch. It will be so temporary.

We also discussed the issue of Macedonia and we are establishing a Eucharistic connection with the Orthodox Church of the state of North Macedonia. The topic of the Ukrainian Church is a slightly different topic, and this is a completely different topic," Reverend Jacob said.