 This leaves HOCNA officially outside of communion with any other Orthodox body.Following this decision, the senior bishop of HOCNA, Metropolitan Makarios of Toronto, announced he was leaving HOCNA and petitioning to join the synod of Archbishop Makarios of Athens.Although some canonical and administrative difficulties currently preclude concelebration, HOCNA clergy will minister to the laity in the traditional Orthodox churches that share their views on the Ecumenical Movement in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and Russia, if requested in certain circumstances, with the permission of their bishop.