On June 11, 2021, the day when Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrates his name day, an official delegation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine consisting of Metropolitan Ioasaf of Ivano-Frankivsk and Halych, Archbishop Yevstratiy of Chernihiv and Nizhyn, and Archimandrite Theognost prayed at the Patriarchal Church of St. George the Great Martyr on Phanar (Istanbul, Turkey).
This is reported by the OCU website.
The hierarchs of the Jerusalem and Georgian Patriarchates, the Churches of Cyprus and Greece also prayed during the Liturgy.
After the service, the delegation of the local Ukrainian Orthodox Church had the opportunity to communicate with the Ecumenical Patriarch at his residence and convey congratulations and a gift from His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and all Ukraine.
Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his gratitude for the congratulations and gifts and showed his joy at the expected visit to Ukraine in August this year.