Vinnitsa, Vinnitsa Province, Ukraine, November 5, 2024
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His Eminence Metropolitan Jonathan, formerly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Tulchin Diocese, has filed a cassation appeal to the Ukrainian Supreme Court, seeking to overturn the five-year sentence against him.
The Supreme Court has requested the materials of the criminal proceedings from the Vinnitsa City Court for consideration of the appeal, reports the Union of Orthodox Journalists, with reference to Glavcom.
As is the case with the state’s persecution of a number of hierarchs and clerics of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Met. Jonathan, 75, was brought up on trumped-up charges of supporting the war in Ukraine and inciting religious enmity. He was initially found guilty 
Ukrainian hierarch sentenced to 5 years in prisonA hierarch of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and the confiscation of property for various supposed crimes against the state.
“>last August, and his conviction was upheld by an appeals court 
Court upholds 5-year sentence against elderly Ukrainian Orthodox hierarchA court of appeal in the Ukrainian city of Vinnitsa ruled yesterday, June 18, to uphold the verdict against the elderly and ailing Metropolitan Jonathan of Tulchin of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.”>in June.
The elderly hierarch, known as a composer of Church music, is also in poor health, which has only been exacerbated by the state’s persecution campaign against him. In November 2022, a month after the searches of his home and diocesan administration, after having been 
UOC Metropolitan remains calm despite state suspicion and investigationThe whole matter is an attempt to undermine the canonical UOC and create unrest among its clergy and faithful, Met. John said after his home was searched.
“>officially notified of state suspicion against him, he had to 
Prayer request: persecuted Ukrainian bishop undergoes heart surgeryHis Eminence Metropolitan Jonathan of Tulchin and Bratslav, a hierarch of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church who has been subjected to searches and serious accusations by the Ukrainian Security Services (SBU) lately, underwent an emergency open-heart surgery today.”>undergo heart surgery. In March of this year, he 
Ukrainian hierarch recovers from stroke, discharged from hospitalMet. Jonathan, 75, has been in poor health lately, which is exacerbated by the state’s persecution campaign against him.”>suffered a stroke and was hospitalized for 10 days.
A few days after the Vinnitsa appeals court upheld his conviction, the Metropolitan was 
Convicted Ukrainian hierarch was released from UkraineThe hierarch of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church who was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for allegedly supporting the Russian war in Ukraine and inciting religious enmity has been released and left Ukraine.
“>released from Ukraine, and arrived in Moscow (via Belarus) for treatment. According to Russian Orthodox resources, Met. Jonathan was released from Ukraine thanks to the intervention of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill.
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