«It is about time after the progress of this case to prevail silence and prayer for an act of God. This path especially for us clerics and monks; must be a free and self-conscious conviction and choice. » Said the hierarch speaking to agioritikovima.gr
And continued « I express my support to my beloved saint Archimandrite of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi elder Ephraim. I wish our most merciful God to grant him patience, hope and endurance and soon to terminate his crucible. »