August 8, 2026

Archimandrite Nikanor is the abbot of the St. Cosmas and St. Damian Monastery in Tsrnogor (Gigintsi) and a cleric of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. He openly supported Ukraine, found himself at the center of a high-profile conflict with the leadership of his Church, and is now standing trial before an ecclesiastical court.

We continue the webinar series of the “Youth for the Future of Ukraine” project, and today we are discussing perhaps one of the most demonized words in the context of the Ukrainian church conflict — the word “compromise.”