By Kostas Onisenko
Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon was in Kyiv these days, in view of the visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Ukraine in August.
The Metropolitan of Chalkedo, in a statement to orthodoxtimes.com, stated that he was in Kyiv on May 26 and 27 with the blessing of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
“During my stay there I visited Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and all Ukraine, to whom I conveyed the fraternal wishes of the Ecumenical Patriarch on the occasion of his name day.
I also had the opportunity to discuss with associates of the Ecumenical Patriarch as well as officials of the Competent Authorities of Ukraine, the preparation of the Ecumenical Patriarch’s visit in the context of the celebrations there for the thirty years of the country’s independence.
Ukraine looks forward to the visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch, who linked his name with the granting of the Tomos of Autocephaly, to a just and old request of the pious Ukrainian people.”
According to the announcement of the Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epifaniy stressed to Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon that the Church of Ukraine is looking forward to the visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Kyiv next August, at the invitation of President V. Zelensky.
The meeting took place at the new residence of Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv.
Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon also had contacts with state officials to prepare for the visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch, accompanied by Archbishop Zoria.
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