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President Pyotr Poroshenko said that after the meeting of the Council he would go to Tomos with the elected president of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church of Istanbul during the ceremony.
He spoke about it during the "Freedom of Speech" broadcast on the ICTV channel. , reports the correspondent of Ukrinforma.
"Then (with the Council, ed.), The primate with the president will go to Phanar in Constantinople, there will be a very solemn service of God, and two chiefs will serve – the patriarch Bartholomew and the newly elected president [19659004] More: More and more Ukrainians support the autocephaly of the UOC
At the same time, he assured that this would not impede the conduct of the Council and to the election of the Prime Minister of the UOC.
"Together, we If God bless us tomorrow, God willing, give us tomos, we pray that the Lord gives the intelligence, the wisdom and unity to the hierarchs of the council members, so that they elect a presidential church without the intervention of the president, "said the president." 19659004]: Poroshenko's name
The Head of State again expressed the hope that the Unifying Council would be held in December and that the process of obtaining encephalia would be completed also in December [19659008] said the Ukrainian President to Petro Poroshenko [19avril459008]. officially declared asking the Ecumenical Patriarch to provide autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
On October 11, the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate decided to grant Tomos an autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
The Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, at its three-day meeting which ended on November 29, adopted a draft constitutional statute of the Ukrainian Church. At the same time, the date of the unification of the cathedral was not called.
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