Κυριακή 6 Ιανουαρίου 2019

PRESIDENT TOOK COMMUNION IN ST. GEORGE TEMPLE OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE


President took communion in St. George Temple of the Ecumenical Patriarchate


"I congratulate you on this holiday. Congratulations on the Holy Orthodox Church of Ukraine. I congratulate you on the spiritual independence of our state and congratulate you on the realization of dreams," President Petro Poroshenko said to media representatives after the solemn Liturgy and the handing over of the Tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
"I am very proud today that I took communion in the Church of St. George of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, our Mother Church. At the service conducted by His All-Holiness Patriarch and His Beatitude Epifaniy," the Head of State said.
The President stressed that today the huge efforts of a large number of Ukrainians have been completed. "Today, God was in this place. And we felt it, because without God's help and care it would not have happened," Petro Poroshenko added.
The President drew attention to the happy faces of the people who were in the church. "For the first time, the concelebration of the Ukrainian hierarch of the autocephalous church was held in this temple in Ukrainian," the Head of State remarked. He once again thanked the Ecumenical Patriarch, noting the faith, courage and wisdom of His All-Holiness, and also thanked the Synod and the leaders and hierarchs of Ukrainian churches, who all worked to ensure that the "dream of generations of Ukrainians materializes".