On March 16, 2023, the participants in the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church stated the impossibility of commemorating the name of the newly elected Primate of the Cypriot Orthodox Church, Archbishop George of Cyprus, due to concelebration with the head of the OCU, Epifaniy Dumenko (magazine No. 14).

“The newly elected Primate of the Cypriot Orthodox Church, Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus, George, following his deceased predecessor, continued to commemorate the leader of the Ukrainian schismatics. The Holy Synod decided to state the impossibility of commemorating the name of Archbishop New Justiniana and all of Cyprus George in diptychs, prayerful and Eucharistic communion with him, as well as with those hierarchs of the Cypriot Orthodox Church who have entered or will enter into church communion with schismatics,” the Synod’s decision says.