The Head of the UGCC meets with the Primate of the OCU

15 January, 11:12
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On January 14, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, met with His Beatitude Epifaniy, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All-Ukraine of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, at the Metropolitan's House, the residence of the Primate of the OCU.

The meeting was also attended by the Deputy Head of the Department for External Church Relations of the OCU, Metropolitan Yevstratiy of Bila Tserkva and the Head of the Department for External Relations of the UGCC in Ukraine, Archpriest Oleksa Petriv.

This was reported by the Information Department of the UGCC.

The parties discussed issues of interchurch and interfaith cooperation, in particular in the format of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, as well as the possibility of resuming the work of the “Kyivan Church Study Group”. They also discussed the results of the visits of Metropolitan Epifaniy to the Vatican and His Beatitude Sviatoslav to Constantinople.

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In addition, constructive proposals for further development of cooperation for the benefit of the Ukrainian people were exchanged, including those regarding the challenges facing Ukrainian society and the state due to Russia's hybrid aggression against our country.

At the end of the meeting, the participants exchanged memorable gifts.