On November 29, 2022, the legal department of the Diocese of Alexandria announced the preparation of a statement of claim against the authors and beneficiaries of an article titled “Captured by the “Russian world”: which of the priests of the UOC-MP is suspected of crimes against the statehood of Ukraine”, which was posted on the Word and Deed portal » November 25, 2022. This was reported by the press service of the Diocese of Alexandria. The article, according to lawyers, contains untrue and provocative information about Metropolitan Bogolep of Alexandria and Svetlovodsk.

“Cynical distortion of facts, deliberate twisting of information, outright slander and humiliation should receive their fair legal assessment,” said Archpriest Valery Rymar, head of the diocesan legal department.