Nevertheless, the said delegation did not get to Kyiv. As we reported earlier, the head of the OCU, Epiphany Dumenko, has been sabotaging the arrival of the delegation of the Patriarchate of Constantinople to Ukraine for almost two years, which Patriarch Bartholomew had intended to send to the country several times to try to resolve the Ukrainian church crisis. However, representatives of the OCU, represented by Epiphany Dumenko and Yevstratiy Zoria, have been inventing various excuses to prevent the Phanar delegation from entering Ukraine.
OCU representatives visit Patriarchate of Constantinople
The Ukrainian delegation, consisting of representatives of the OCU, the State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience and the Ukrainian diplomatic corps in Turkey, visited Phanar, where they met with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. This is reported by the website fosfanariou.gr.
It is reported that the meeting was attended by the head of the OCU Epiphany Dumenko, the spokesman for the organization Yevstratiy Zoria, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Olena Kovalska, Head of the State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience Viktor Yelensky, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ankara Vasyl Bodnar and Consul General of Ukraine in Istanbul Roman Nedilsky and his deputy.
On behalf of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, in addition to Patriarch Bartholomew, the meeting was attended by Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, Patriarchal Deacon Epiphanius Kamenovych and others.
The details of the meeting have not yet been reported.
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