The church court defrocked eight associates of the former schema-abbot Sergius (Romanov)
In Yekaterinburg, the diocesan court defrocked six priests and two deacons of the Sredneuralsky monastery, who served with the former schema-abbot Sergius, despite the ban. On September 7, 2020, a regular hearing was held in the diocesan court of the Yekaterinburg diocese in the case of the former schema-abbot Sergius (Romanov). The media assumed that he would be excommunicated at this meeting, but the former priest did not appear in court, citing poor health.