Bishop Mytishchi Theophylact (Moiseev) has been temporarily suspended from the priesthood, in accordance with the order of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. As the deputy director of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Bishop of Zelenograd Savva (Tutunov), explained to TASS, the Disciplinary Commission of the General Church is currently investigating the case of the governor of the state. Church of St. The Shooting shows how the 72-year-old bishop tries to hit a priest who served him on the head.
By decree of November 27, Patriarch Kirill temporarily suspended Bishop Theophylact from his duties as abbot of the monastery, & nbsp; assistant to the patriarch's first vicar in Moscow and governor of the southwestern vicariate of the capital.
According to Bishop Sava, Bishop Theophylact will only serve “ at the end of the full study of the case within the Disciplinary Commission of the General Church. '' ; The deputy director of the Moscow Patriarchate added that “ the results of the study will be presented to the Holy Patriarch and the Holy Synod, & # 39; & # 39; since we are talking about the bishop.
The provisional management of the monastery is entrusted to the head of the synodal department of monasteries and monasticism, the governor of the monastery of Donskoy Metropolitan of Kashira Theognost (Guzikov). The head of the synodal department for charity, Bishop Panteleimon (Shatov) of Verey, will be in charge of the southwestern vicariate at that time.
This spring, & nbsp; the church's highest court banned Bishops Ignatius (Tarasov) and Ignatius (Buzin) from the ministry for violating the canons. & nbsp; The bishops are charged with violations of perjury, gambling, adultery, theft and drunkenness.