A Metropolitan Who Consecrated The Crimean Bridge And The S-400 Systems Has Died In Russia

Ukraine has imposed targeted sanctions against him.

On November 6, in Moscow, at the age of 86, the former Metropolitan of Theodosia and Kerch Platon (Vladimir Udovenko) passed away, according to a statement from the press service of the Russian Orthodox Church. He publicly supported the Russian military presence in annexed Crimea, notes "Voice of Crimea".

In particular, in January 2017, he consecrated S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in Feodosia and blessed Russian servicemen.

In May 2018, Platon, while aboard the “Rossiya” airship, consecrated the Kerch Strait from the air. Later that same month, he conducted a prayer service and consecrated the illegally constructed Crimean Bridge.

In December 2022, Ukraine imposed personal sanctions against him, notes “Gordon”.

Udochenko was a native of the Ukrainian SSR. He was born in 1940 in the village of Uspenka in the Luhansk region; after graduating from high school in 1957, he entered the Odessa Uspensky Monastery as a novice. He studied at the Kiev and Odessa theological seminaries. He later graduated from the Leningrad Theological Academy and, over the years, held leadership positions within the Russian Orthodox Church. From 1990 to 1993, he served as a People’s Deputy of the Russian Federation. In 2004, he was elevated to the rank of metropolitan.

In July 2024, the Russian Orthodox Church relieved Platon of his duties as head of the Feodosia Diocese and sent him into retirement. He died at the N.V. Sklifosovsky Institute after a prolonged illness, the Russian Orthodox Church reported.

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