Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom Valeriy Zaluzhnyi met with the AUCCRO delegation in London

Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom Valeriy Zaluzhnyi met in London with a delegation of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO). Representatives of the OCU, Uniates, Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Jews arrived in the British capital to demonstrate to Western institutions the «voice of Ukrainian interreligious unity.» This is reported by the press service of the institution.

During the meeting, Ambassador Zaluzhny thanked the delegation for their visit and emphasized that people of different traditions, but with «the same responsibility,» gathered at the same table. The main topic of discussion was the importance of preserving faith in difficult times, which the participants called the basis of «our resilience.»

Earlier, the hierarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich), drew attention to the fact that the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations ignores violations of the rights of the clergy and believers of the UOC. The bishop cited the forced mobilization of the UOC clergy as an example, noting that the AUCCRO seems to be ignoring what is happening.