To date, none of the bishops of the Alexandrian Orthodox Church has expressed disagreement with the actions of Patriarch Theodore to support the schism in Ukraine.

As a result, by the decision of the Holy Synod of September 23–24, 2021, Archbishop Leonid (Gorbachov), who formerly occupied post of the Representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, was instructed to study the received appeals and submit proposals to the Holy Synod of the ROC.

[9] Leonid (Gorbachov) immediately after making the decision told RIA Novosti: "The core of the Exarchate will be forged in Moscow.

The Synod of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, at its meeting on January 12, 2022, adopted a statement condemning the establishment exarchate by the Moscow Patriarchate within the jurisdiction of the Church of Alexandria, describing such an act as "the immoral invasion and incursion of the Russian Church by methods of denying the ecclesiastical way and tradition," as well as an attempt to pervert Orthodox ecclesiology for reasons stemming from ethnophyletism, condemned by the Synod of Constantinople of 1872, while the act of the Moscow Patriarchate shows signs of neocolonialism and claims to global dominance, which contradicts the Orthodox tradition.

It pursues one goal only – to give canonical protection to those Orthodox clerics in Africa who do not wish to be involved in the unlawful legitimization of the schism.

[11] The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church at its meeting on March 24, 2022 approved the Internal Regulations on the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa and its Charter.

[12] In March 2023, Metropolitan Leonid noted: "In our Exarchate there is a professional development program for people who already have a theological education, which they received in Greek schools or Catholic universities.