Earlier, Mark Burns, who is called “Trump’s confessor,” said that information about the persecution of the Church in Ukraine is fake. According to Burns, the religious leaders he met in Ukraine did not tell him anything like that.
The head of the OCU held a meeting with Trump's “spiritual advisor”

On August 26, 2025, the head of the OCU, Epiphany Dumenko, received American Protestant pastor and televangelist Mark Burns, also known as “Trump’s spiritual advisor,” at his residence. The meeting was also attended by North Macedonian MP Vladko Gjorgchev and Ukrainian politician and public figure Pavlo Unguryan. This was reported by the press service of the OCU.
It is reported that during the conversation, issues of the importance of supporting families were raised, and the participants shared their views on the religious situation and interchurch relations in Ukraine and the world.







