Phanar head greets Poroshenko with words "Glory to Ukraine!"
Patriarch Bartholomew and Poroshenko communicate regularly. Photo: sputniknews
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, whose name is inscribed in the OCU's Tomos, said that Patriarch Bartholomew greets him with the slogan "Glory to Ukraine!", to which Poroshenko replies "Glory to Heroes!". Poroshenko posted the video of the conversation on his Telegram channel.
In the talk, the former president thanked the head of the Phanar "for the wise and responsible decision to grant the Ukrainian Church the Tomos of autocephaly".
According to Poroshenko, the parties "discussed the situation in Ukrainian Orthodoxy, the prospects of uniting believers in the Autocephalous Ukrainian Church, as well as support for Ukraine in times of unrighteous, diabolical Russian aggression."
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