The Russian Orthodox Church’s establishment of new dioceses in Africa has triggered a crisis in Orthodox unity and been condemned by the Patriarch of Alexandria as a threat to canonical order.
Recent moves by the Russian Orthodox Church to establish new dioceses in Africa have drawn sharp condemnation from the Patriarch of Alexandria, raising concerns about the unity of Eastern Orthodoxy and the influence of geopolitics on global Christian communities. The expansion, closely aligned with Russian state interests, has been described as an unprecedented challenge to