Bucharest Responds to Jerusalem

The Bucharest Patriarchate claims that the decision of the Church of Jerusalem to severe communion with it is a surprise, saying that in April of this year the two had discussed establishing a formal dialogue over the status of the schismatic Romanian Orthodox parish in Jericho. The interruption of communion between the two Churches will be discussed at the upcoming meeting of the Romanian Orthodox Holy Synod at the end of this month. More (in Romanian) here.