What are the canonical violations made by Metropolitan Agafangel?
In accordance with the Holy Canons, the Metropolitan as a bishop is considered the first among equal bishops. He is granted full authority only within the confines of his diocese. In our case, Met. Agafangel, as a result of the fact that the majority of bishops are his loyalists, has established a personal dictatorship in the Church. For all appearances our Church has a Council and Synod of Bishops, but in reality, all issues are decided by the Metropolitan. This is an unacceptable violation of the conciliarity (sobornost) of the Church. Met. Agafangel has seized sole authority and uses this power to the detriment of the Church. Without the benefit of a trial, and often in absentia, the Metropolitan has imposed canonical sanctions on bishops, clergy and laity whom he finds objectionable. For example: in Izhevsk in 2014 all three parish priests were indefinitely banned and their substantial flock were thus left without church services. This year, at the July meeting of the Synod, Archbishops Andronik and Sofroniy, in absentia and having committed no offense, were sentenced and deprived of their bishoprics.