On February 2, 2015, in
compliance with the ruling of the Skopje Court, Archbishop Jovan (Vraniskovsky)
of Ohrid, a hierarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, was released from the
Idrizovo prison.
His situation and physical
condition were considered at the fraternal meeting between His Holiness
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Holiness Patriarch Irenaeus
of Serbia on November 15, 2014, in Belgrade.
On December 20, 2014, with
the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His
Holiness Patriarch Irenaeus of Serbia, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate
department for external church relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk,
visited Skopje and met with Archbishop Jovan.
On the same day,
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk met in Skopje with the Republic of
Macedonia’s state leaders – President G Ivanov and Prime Minister N. Gruevski.
Metropolitan Hilarion also met with Archbishop Stephan, head of the “Macedonian”
Orthodox Church, who is outside of communion with the world Orthodoxy at
present.
On January 28, 2015,
Archbishop Jovan was visited in the prison by Bishop Irinej of Backa, with the
blessing of the Primates of the Russian and Serbian Churches. Bishop Irinej was
accompanied by Archimandrite Philip (Vasiltsev).
It is expected that within
the next few days Archbishop Jovan, in accordance with the invitation of His
Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and the blessing of His
Holiness Patriarch Irenaeus of Serbia, will come to Russia for medical
treatment.
The release of Archbishop
Jovan is hailed in the Russian and Serbian Orthodox Churches with gratitude to
God.
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