Upon his arrival in Kyiv, Bishop Gideon (Kharon) of Makarov (Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarcate) was turned back to the United States, where he had just testified before the US Congress about the situation of his Church. Bishop Gideon, the vicar of the Kyiv metropolis and the superior of the monastery of the Mother of God in Kyiv, was sent back to the United States as soon as he