Metropolitan Suspended for Resisting Ecumenism

Suspension of Metropolitan Tychikos

• 📌 Metropolitan Tychikos of Paphos, Cyprus, was reportedly suspended in January 2026 for alleged disobedience to his archbishop.
• ⚖️ The Synod, in communion with Patriarch Bartholomew, voted 11 to 5 to suspend him, with potential for deposition without reinstatement.

Reasons for Disobedience

• 🚫 Tychikos opposed ecumenism, which the speaker calls the "worst heresy" in Orthodoxy, condemned by the Russian Church Abroad.
• 🏫 He made a sermon against modern sex education in Cyprus schools.
• ⛪ He refused to accept a relic from the Vatican, fearing it would lead to "joint prayer with heretics."
• 💧 Tychikos teaches that all converts should be baptized, a practice deemed unacceptable by other bishops in "World Orthodoxy."

Upholding Orthodox Canons

• 📚 As a young bishop, Tychikos is seen as someone who studies and upholds the canons and rules of the Orthodox Church.
• ⚠️ His archbishop reportedly believes Tychikos is being controlled to hold "outdated opinions" for his traditional views.
• 🤝 Under pressure, Tychikos initially refused mixed marriages but later allowed them if the non-Orthodox spouse was encouraged to convert.

Critique of World Orthodoxy

• 🐺 The speaker characterizes the bishops of "World Orthodoxy" as "wolves" who have embraced ecumenism, leading to a loss of the Holy Spirit.
• 📜 The speaker asserts that heretics do not have grace, and the churches of World Orthodoxy have deteriorated over the last 60 years due to this loss.
• ☠️ Patriarch Bartholomew and his predecessors (Demetrius, Athenagoras) are accused of sinning against the church by promoting ecumenism.

Warning and Call to Action

• 🙏 The speaker encourages Metropolitan Tychikos to "get away" from World Orthodoxy to save his soul.
• ⛪ Adherence to the "true church" is presented as the path to salvation, contrasting with the "wretched souls" of those promoting ecumenism.