“Bishop Ignatius of Armavir and Labinsky and Ignatius of Bishop Ignatius of Kostomuksha and Kemsky have been removed from the management of the dioceses entrusted to their archpastoral care,” the statement said.

The corresponding decree speaks of received messages containing “documented arguments” against bishops for church offenses.

“The consideration of these charges has been transferred to the Supreme General Court,” the press service added.

At the end of April, Patriarch Kirill forbade Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev in his ministry after his words about the late rector of the Epiphany Epiphany Cathedral, Archpriest Alexander Ageykin.