Zelensky invites Patriarch Bartholomew to Ukraine
Zelensky and Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul. Photo: Gordon
On August 13, an official invitation from President Volodymyr Zelensky was extended to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to visit Ukraine, according to the President's Office.
The invitation was conveyed during a visit by an official Ukrainian delegation, led by Deputy Head of the President's Office Olena Kovalska, Head of the State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience Viktor Yelensky, as well as OCU leaders Epifaniy Dumenko and Yevstratiy Zoria.
Whether the head of the Ecumenical Patriarchate will accept the invitation has not been disclosed by the President's press service.
As previously reported by the UOJ, during his meeting with the Ukrainian officials and OCU representatives, Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his support for President Volodymyr Zelensky's initiatives regarding Ukraine's "spiritual independence".
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