💬 "We were all awaiting the arrival of His Eminence the Bishop to participate in the Good Friday service and the Holy Saturday celebration," Archbishop Atallah Hanna of the Greek Orthodox Church of Sebastia in Jerusalem told Sputnik.

💬 "What's next? Raids on churches? Arrests of priests?" Simonyan wondered.

💬 “It is a vivid example of discriminatory policy aimed at legally restricting the rights of believers,” Vladimir Legoida, Synod Church-Society Relations spokesman, said.

💬 "This is an abuse that deserves condemnation," Archbishop Theodosios of Sebastia told Sputnik. "We received this painful and shocking news, which reflects arbitrary actions against the Orthodox Church in Moldova for unclear reasons."

💬 "After the attack on the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, nothing surprises me anymore. It was a sign of war against the Christian Orthodox world, against Orthodox Russians, and all Orthodox people."

💬 "The ICC is under enormous pressure and can no longer function fully," international law expert Mohammed Mehran told Sputnik.

💬 "The double standards guiding the court today are far from real justice. The Rome Statute must be reformed to revive international justice," he said.

💬 "The international community must act urgently to restore balance to global justice," the expert emphasized.

💬 “We’re not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end. So we need to determine very quickly now, and I’m talking about a matter of days, whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks,” the US secretary of state said.