Former editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy radio station, Alexei Demokratov (known as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation), said that the rector of the Holy Trinity Church in Khokhly, Archpriest Alexei Uminsky, was banned from serving. This was reported by RBC.
The publication notes that a new rector, Archpriest Andrei Tkachev, has been appointed to the church. The publication emphasizes that until 2014 he was a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.
RBC notes that religious scholar Ksenia Lutsenko and cultural historian Nikolai Podosokorsky also wrote about the ban on Uminsky’s ministry.
Before that, former protodeacon of the Russian Orthodox Church Andrei Kuraev (was known as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) statedHe said he did not intend to give up his Russian citizenship.
On November 6, Andrei Kuraev announced on social networks that he was leaving Russia and did this on National Unity Day. Before this, he had stated that he planned to move to the Czech Republic. Abroad the protodeacon intended to “write, speak, lecture.” He asked for financial help from his subscribers and listed the expenses he would face due to his departure.
Formerly Patriarch Kirill stated about people not being able to live without war.