On December 19, 2023, non-governmental organizations with consultative status at the UN ECOSOC, such as Public Advocacy, EIRL (European Institute for Religion and Law) VSI Zmogaus Teisiu Apsauga, European Institute for Religion and Law, as well as religious leaders, including:
- Metropolitan Theodosius Snigiriev, human rights defender, ruling bishop of the Cherkasy and Kaniv diocese (Ukrainian Orthodox Church);
- Metropolitan Jonathan Yeletskiy, leading bishop of the Diocese of Toulshin and Bratslav (Ukrainian Orthodox Church);
- Metropolitan Timotheos (Margaritis) of Bostra, Exarch of the Holy Sepulcher on the island of Cyprus (Orthodox Church of Jerusalem);
- Archbishop Theodosius (Hanna) of Sebastia (Orthodox Church of Jerusalem);
- Metropolitan of Berlin and Germany, Mark Arndt (first vice-president of the ROCOR Synod of Bishops);
- Metropolitan of Lovech, Gabriel Dinev (Bulgarian Orthodox Church);
- Archpriest Dmitriy Sidor, human rights defender, rector of the Exaltation of the Cross Cathedral of Uzhgorod (Ukrainian Orthodox Church),
announced the establishment of a human rights alliance called “Church Against Xenophobia and Discrimination”. This new human rights alliance was a response to the violations of the rights of the believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) in Ukraine.
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