The actions of the Russian Orthodox Church against the Patriarchate of Alexandria are religious terrorism, - Archbishop Daniel (Zelinsky)

He wrote about this on Facebook.

"The last few days have been spent in numerous speculations about the actions of the Russian Orthodox Church in relation to the ancient Patriarchate of Alexandria, but frankly also in relation to other Orthodox churches around the world. This is no longer a question of spiritual and canonical etiquette-spiritual behavior – I will call this new "creation" of modern Russian Orthodoxy religious terrorism. This is no longer a discussion about a post-communist Orthodox region that is suffering, but about the leadership of the Church, which consciously decides to destroy peace and tranquility in those parts of the world that are already suffering; where Christianity tries to bring hope and stability to the regions-in the end, it is the gradual destruction of the unity of Orthodoxy. I hope that the spiritual consciousness of the Orthodox Church will realize the abuse and violence of the Russian Church, which acts according to the behavior of its state," the archbishop said in a statement.

As reported, the Russian Orthodox Church announced the establishment of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa on December 29. The Synod's journals note that this decision was made as a result of the "evasion of the schism" of Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria. In 2019, he recognized the autocephaly of the OCU. Thereafter, according to the Russian Orthodox Church, some of the clergymen of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, allegedly stating their disagreement with the position of the Primate, appealed to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow with requests to accept them under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church.

On December 29, 2021, more than a hundred clergy of the Patriarchate of Alexandria from eight African countries were admitted to the Russian Orthodox church.