The reason for Patriarch Kirill’s decision to defrock Andrey Kuraev was that he “did not show signs of repentance either in words or in deeds, and, among other things, did not stop his destructive activities,” Khrizma reports.

The comment of Kuraev himself was published on the Eastern Church: “To Istanbul, so to Istanbul. Patriarch Bartholomew told me a year ago that he could not accept my appeal until there was a final verdict. Now he is. This does not mean that I will use this option. In general, you cannot carry your own road with you. Something must be left behind.”