Priest Dmitry Ostanin, from the Dnepropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine, the rector of the Epiphany parish in Bergen, Norway.
Rev. Ostanin signed the open letter of the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church against the war; his signature is no. 187.
He openly expressed his pro-Ukrainian views and opposed the war in Ukraine. Russian prowar activists’ responded with abuse.
On 12 March 2024, the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church recalled him to the disposal of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (Journal No. 38). On 7 June 2024, Ostanin was banned from the priesthood by the decree of Patriarch Kirill.
