In its special address, approved at the meeting of the Holy Synod in Kiev on October 27, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate called upon its faithful members not to give in to provocations and expressed its concern over “the situation around the preparation for the Pan-Orthodox Council”. The Church has addressed all those involved with the request “to do everything to preserve the rules, traditions and customs of the Holy, Apostolic Orthodox Church”.
At the conference the results were announced of the investigations lasting several years that were dedicated to the authenticity of the saint’s relics uncovered in Georgia in 2010.
The Kiev priest who received a stab wound has given an account of how this happened to the Pravlife Ukrainian portal.
Early on the morning of the 14th/27th of October 2015, Archimandrite Keladion, Hagiotaphite and member of the Holy and Sacred Synod, passed away at his residence in the Patriarchate, following a four-month illness and hospitalization.
On October 27, 2015, the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church held its regular session in Kiev, chaired by His Beatitude, Onufry, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine.