Dumenko and Poroshenko discuss "traitors in cassocks”

Epifaniy Dumenko received the ex-president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at his residence. As Poroshenko himself said onhis Facebook page, Dumenko and he had "a warm meeting as always." 

"It is important that today our Church, as well as all the people, is fighting the occupiers. And in vain do they try to prevent these traitors in cassocks ruled by the aggressor country," Poroshenko wrote. 

Earlier, the UOJ reported that Epifaniy Dumenko discussed the development of the OCU with the British ambassador to Ukraine.

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