Serbian Patriarch Porfirije and seven bishops were denied entry into Kosovo, where the Episcopal Assembly of the Serbian Church was to be held at the Peć Patriarchate. The bishops were detained at the border and informed that they were prohibited from entering the region. The Assembly took place in Belgrade on May 14, and the Serbian Church appealed to the global Christian community for support.

Patriarch Kirill expressed his sorrow and anger over the ban on the entry of the head and bishops of the Serbian Church into Kosovo. He emphasized that the Russian Church views the actions of the Kosovo authorities as a hostile act against the Serbian Church and a demonstrative denial of its spiritual and historical role, connected with its centuries-long presence in the region.

Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets demanded that the Estonian Orthodox Church denounce Patriarch Kirill of Moscow as a heretic and sever ties with Moscow. He lamented that local representatives of the Russian Church had not yet accused Patriarch Kirill of heresy. The Russian Church expressed bewilderment at the Estonian minister’s statements, with Vladimir Legoyda, head of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and Media, remarking that the Estonian minister lives in a parallel reality.

The Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is praying for the health of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was the target of an assassination attempt on May 15 and is in serious condition in the hospital. The Church’s leader, Metropolitan Rastislav, and Archbishop George of Michalovce and Košice condemned the attack and called on the faithful to pray for his recovery.

The Georgian Patriarch called on the faithful to pray for the restoration of peace in the country. The Georgian Parliament passed the Foreign Agents Law this week, leading to numerous protests, some of which escalated into clashes with the police. The head of the Georgian Church emphasized that the country is experiencing one of the most challenging phases of its development and reminded the faithful of the words of the "Prayer of the Three Holy Youths," who were cast into a fiery furnace by King Nebuchadnezzar.

The Church of the Tithes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kyiv was demolished on the night of May 17. The Church of Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir and Princess Olga was built near the site of the ancient Church of the Tithes, which dates back to the 10th century. The Ukrainian Ministry of Culture claimed that the church building "disrupts the ensemble of the historical archaeological complex." The Ukrainian Orthodox Church called the demolition an act of barbarism. Metropolitan Theodosy of Cherkasy and Kaniv laid flowers at the site where the church once stood.

A church-state crisis is escalating in Armenia. The opposition movement "Tavush for the Homeland," led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, is protesting against the unilateral process of border delimitation and demarcation with Azerbaijan in the Tavush region. According to the negotiations, the border will pass through the territory of four villages. The "Tavush for the Homeland" movement began a march from the village of Kirants to Yerevan on May 4. Protests have been ongoing in Yerevan since May 10, with participants demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. On May 15, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the delimitation protocol had been signed, based on the 1976 Soviet General Staff maps for determining the border in the Tavush region.