No peace between Orthodox churches in Ukraine yet

Tensions between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine have risen again in the past few weeks. The Russian church does not recognise the equal position of its Ukrainian counterpart. But the primary bishop of the Orthodox Churches, Patriarch Bartholomew, said last week that he "does not care" about the "ignorant behaviour" from the Russian part of the church.

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine has called on patriarch Bartholomew to condemn Moscow patriarch Kirill for supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian Orthodox bishop Theophylact of Mytishchi has been suspended from his leadership over the monastery in Moscow. Patriarch Kirill gave him a cooling-off period after it became known that he had given a slap to a priest during the service.