Epiphaniy Dumenko awarded honorary professor title by Rivne University

During a visit to Rivne, the head of the OCU, Epiphaniy Dumenko, visited the National University of Water and Environmental Engineering (NUWEE), where the university’s academic council announced its decision to grant him the honorary title of Professoris Honoris Causa. This was reported by the regional news outlet Rivne Vechirnie.

The university’s rector — Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor of the Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science and Agriculture, and member of the Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Ukraine, Viktor Moshynskyi — presented Epiphaniy with the insignia of an honorary professor of NUWEE.

Earlier it was reported that a resident of Rivne region was found guilty of distributing publications that, in the court’s opinion, demeaned supporters of the OCU and incited religious hostility. According to case materials, the man had posted several statements on his Facebook page containing critical remarks about the OCU and its leader, Epiphaniy Dumenko. The verdict stated that the posts included “calls to condemn the actions of Metropolitan Epiphaniy, demeaning of OCU believers,” as well as offensive language directed at the institution itself.