On January 22, Patriarch Bartholomew accepted the complaint of Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria “in connection with the intrusion of the Moscow Patriarchate into the jurisdiction of the Throne of Alexandria,” writes Romfea.

For this purpose, a delegation of the Patriarchate of Alexandria arrived in Phanar, consisting of three bishops: Metropolitans of Cameroon Gregory Stergiou and Zambian John Tsaftaridis, as well as Bishop Prodrom Katsoulis of Tuliari.

“This formal step is intended to be the first on the way to retaliatory sanctions of the Greek churches against the Russian Orthodox Church,” the Religion Today Telegram channel believes.