Archbishop Markel has been stopped from leaving Chisinau for Jerusalem a second time.

Too late to return the Holy Fire in person, though it will be brought back by other Orthodox clerics, who departed in advance.

He says sometimes things happen for "inexplicable reasons" and… https://t.co/QymvJZyOmK pic.twitter.com/80TNbLC0hV

— Margarita Simonyan (@M_Simonyan) April 18, 2025
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