Media: Phanar delegation is going to Kyiv
Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon. Photo: 24tv.ua
A delegation of the Patriarchate of Constantinople intends to visit Kyiv on July 28-29, 2023, the Greek edition Romfea reports.
According to the publication, the delegation will be headed by Metropolitan Emmanuel (Adamakis) of Chalcedon. It will also include Metropolitan Hilarion of Winnipeg, Metropolitan Job of Pisidia, and Priest Andrew Krochak.
Romfea also writes that Phanariot hierarchs will travel to Ukraine at the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelensky. Moreover, he personally asked Metropolitan Emmanuel to lead the delegation from the Phanar.
Also, the publication claims that Zelensky invited Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to visit Ukraine on July 28-29.
Earlier, the UOJ wrote that according to the protodeacon of the UOC and former MP Vadim Novinsky, the Phanar is ready to accept the Lavra into its jurisdiction.
Read also
In Dubove, persecuted parish holds its first Paschal service in house church
Believers of the Bukovynian Holy Trinity Church of the UOC prayerfully celebrated the Resurrection of Christ.
In Slovakia, OCCzLS hierrarch awards UOC cleric
A UOC priest received the right to wear the epigonation during the liturgy in Košice.
Sloviansk authorities re-register UOC cathedral under OCU
The organizer of the cathedral’s “transfer” in Sloviansk, Oleksandr Onyshchenko, said that even if he had killed one Russian soldier every day, he would not have caused greater harm to Russia.
Texas authorities approve inclusion of Bible reading in school curriculum
The Texas State Board of Education has preliminarily approved the inclusion of Bible texts in the mandatory school curriculum for all public schools.
His Beatitude presides at liturgy at Florovsky Monastery on Bright Monday
The Primate of the UOC celebrated the Paschal service at the Kazan Cathedral of the Florovsky Monastery and distributed gifts to children.
Usyk takes part in Paschal night service in Spain
Oleksandr Usyk carried a cross in the Paschal procession before the festal Matins.