Epifaniy hands over Tomos copy for sale at auction in Chernivtsi

Epifaniy meeting with border guards. Photo: OCU

On April 24, 2026, the head of the OCU Epifaniy Dumenko met at his residence with servicemen of the 31st Border Guard Unit, reports the OCU press service.

During the conversation, he handed over a copy of the Tomos for a charity auction that will soon be held in Chernivtsi to support Ukraine's defenders.

Meeting participants, including artist Andriy Kholomeniuk and chaplain Ioann Chokaliuk, discussed issues of spiritual assistance and rehabilitation of veterans.

Dumenko proposed organizing the rehabilitation of military personnel on the basis of monasteries of his structure. At the conclusion of the event, he presented church orders and medals to the border guards.

Earlier, the UOJ reported that Epifaniy discussed the development of the OCU with the head of Zaporizhzhia RMA.

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