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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I prays for
the unification of the Ukrainian people in the same Church. The mother
Church of Constantinople will help Ukraine to get it, informs Mega
News.
This is stated in the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers,
following the meeting of Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groisman
with Patriarch Bartholomew I during his visit to Turkey in Istanbul.
The head of government highly appreciated the leading role of the
Ecumenical Patriarchate and the person of Bartholomew I in the support
of the unity of Ukrainian Orthodoxy.
"We attach great importance to our cooperation. Ukrainians tend to
the same Church and your role is extremely important," – said Groisman
and expressed deep respect to the Patriarch for his support for the
unity of Ukrainian Orthodoxy.
"We pray that the Ukrainian people were United in one Church. The
mother Church of Constantinople will help you to such a United Church,"
said Bartholomew I.
The Verkhovna Rada appealed to Patriarch Bartholomew to give the canonical (i.e. internationally recognized) independence of the Ukrainian Church from the Russian Orthodox Church.
In his address to the Ukrainian Parliament called on Bartholomew to
abolish the act of 1686, according to which "in violation of the canons
of" Kyiv metropolis was joined to the Moscow Patriarchate.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I prays for
the unification of the Ukrainian people in the same Church. The mother
Church of Constantinople will help Ukraine to get it, informs Mega
News.
This is stated in the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers,
following the meeting of Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groisman
with Patriarch Bartholomew I during his visit to Turkey in Istanbul.
The head of government highly appreciated the leading role of the
Ecumenical Patriarchate and the person of Bartholomew I in the support
of the unity of Ukrainian Orthodoxy.
"We attach great importance to our cooperation. Ukrainians tend to
the same Church and your role is extremely important," – said Groisman
and expressed deep respect to the Patriarch for his support for the
unity of Ukrainian Orthodoxy.
"We pray that the Ukrainian people were United in one Church. The
mother Church of Constantinople will help you to such a United Church,"
said Bartholomew I.
The Verkhovna Rada appealed to Patriarch Bartholomew to give the canonical (i.e. internationally recognized) independence of the Ukrainian Church from the Russian Orthodox Church.
In his addressVideo
