[AdmSmith]

This https://www.patriarchate.org/-/communiq-1 will have big impact. There are three different Orthodox bodies in Ukraine: the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_%E2%80%93_Kiev_Patriarchate
and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Autocephalous_Orthodox_Church
and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church tied to Moscow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_(Moscow_Patriarchate)

Expect clashes over possession of major monasteries and increased attacks by Russia in Ukraine.

[AdmSmith]

Not easy for Lukashenko https://belarusdigest.com/story/influential-or-influenced-the-belarusian-orthodox-church/
when the Russian Orthodox Church will assess the situation at its next session, due on October 15 in Minsk (Belarus)

http://tass.com/society/1025626