Ukraine's President Meets with Heads of Churches

Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych met with the heads of Ukrainian churches today. According to the website of the president, “during the meeting, which lasted for over two hours, the participants discussed a wide range of issues regarding the public, political and spiritual life of Ukraine. The meeting was held in a sincere and friendly atmosphere.”

The report does not specify what questions in particular were discussed during the meeting.

The meeting was attended by Metropolitan Mefodii of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Viacheslav Nesteruk of the Union of Churches of Evangelical Christians Baptists, Archbishop Leonid Padun of the Ukrainian Christian Evangelical Church, Senior Bishop Mykhailo Panochko of the Union of Churches of Christians of Evangelical Faith of Ukraine, Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Ordinary Bishop of the Lutsk Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine, Markian Trofymiak, Patriarch Filaret of UOC-Kyivan Patriarchate.

As one can see from the list of the participants, the president invited only the religious figures who signed the recent address regarding the release of Yulia Tymoshenko. However, the report from the presidential website did not specify whether the question of Tymoshenko was discussed.