On Thursday Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) received Ambassador of Palestine to Ukraine Mohammed Al-Assad at the Kyiv Cave Monastery.
The ambassador conveyed greetings of President of Palestine Makhmud Abbas to Metropolitan Volodymyr and assured him that he is always a welcomed guest in Palestine. The parties discussed possible moments of cooperation, among which the guests raised question of setting up of pilgrimages from Ukraine to shrines in the Palestinian land.
Upon completion of the meeting, the ambassador offered a handmade wooden cross as a present to Patriarch Volodymyr, which he personally acquired in Bethlehem. In return, the ambassador received a silver jubilee medal of the Primate of the UOC dedicated to his 75th anniversary as a souvenir.