The Archbishop of America Elpidophoros expressed his support for the Ukrainian people during his visit to the Ambassador of Ukraine in the United States.
According to his post on social media, he met with the Ambassador Oksana Markarova in order to express “our support, as Christians, as Greeks, and as Americans, for the people of Ukraine, who are suffering from a Russian imperialism that is manifesting itself at every level: military, economy, energy resources, and the Church as well.”
The Archbishop Elpidophoros even commented on the recent moves of the Moscow Patriarchate, which, as he points out, “instead of supporting the sisters and brothers of Ukraine, the Moscow Patriarchate obediently follows the Kremlin’s commands and toes its line, dividing Orthodoxy world over and scandalizing the People of God from Ukraine to Africa, and even as far away as Korea.”
Finally, the Archbishop welcomes the recent statement by a State Department spokesman condemning the Kremlin’s “malign efforts to instrumentalize Orthodox identity”, as well as the stance of the US government.
