Moscow Orthodox Priest Defrocked Over Prayers For Reconciliation With Ukraine

Patriarch Kirill approved the decision to deprive the san of the Moscow priest Andrei Kudrin, who in the last two years at his services read a prayer for reconciliation between the peoples of Russia and Ukraine. 

Officially, the priests of the ROC of the Moscow Patriarchate from the autumn of 2022 were recommended to read prayers for the "Victory of St. Russia."

Andrey Kudrin was a clergyman of the temple of the icon of the Mother of God "Living Source" in the Moscow district of Bibirevo. 

In April of this year, by the decree of Patriarch Kirill, he was banned in service. 

On July 12, the Diocesan Court of Moscow decided to throw him out. 

The official reason for such a decision was declared an oath, that is, failure to comply with the instructions of the hierarchy.

• In January, the diocesan court also for the "appeal" deprived the church san of Archpriest Alexei Uminsky. Like Kudrin, he refused to read a special prayer "On the victory of St. Russia."