UOC MP delegation meets with Primate of Albanian Orthodox Church

On January 29, a group of pilgrims of the UOC-MP led by Bishop Viktor (Kotsaba) of Baryshiv met with the Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasius of Tirana and all Albania.

This is reported by the Information and Educational Department of the UOC-MP.

The meeting was attended by Archpriest Mykolai Danilevych, Deputy Chairman of the Department for External Church relations of the UOC, and clergy and laypeople from the Diocese of Khmelnytsky of the UOC-MP.

The meeting was also attended by the bishops of the Albanian Church: Metropolitan Nathanael of Amantia, Bishop Astiy of Vilida, clergymen and employees of the Archdiocese.

Bishop Viktor of Baryshiv conveyed greetings to Archbishop Anastasius on behalf of Metropolitan Onufriy, told about the holy places visited by pilgrims in Serbia and Montenegro, and also referred to the current Church situation in Ukraine.

On January 27, in Montenegro, a delegation of the UOC-MP took part in street protests against a law passed by the local Parliament that restricts the rights of the Serbian Orthodox Church.