At a meeting with Poroshenko came only three representatives of the UOC

The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with three representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church After the collapse of a large meeting with bishops of the UOC, telling the press service of the President and local media.

yesterday in Kiev-Pechersk Lavra held a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. It was expected that in a large meeting with bishops, will attend Poroshenko, but He never arrived. UOC stated that the Council of bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is ready to meet with the President, but only on the Church grounds.

Today, the press Secretary Poroshenko Svyatoslav Tsegolko in Facebook said Authorized group of hierarchs of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, As if that would support an appeal to the Patriarch of Constantinople on the granting of autocephaly, was found still inside the "Ukrainian house" with the President. While Tsigalko did not highlight how many commissioners participated in the meeting.

according to sources, the Ukrainian media, for example, the Internet publication " Religious truth ", Poroshenko was attended only by three commissioners up: Metropolitan of Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky and Vishnevsky Alexander (drabinko), Metropolitan of Vinnitsa and Barsky Simeon and the Archbishop of Nova Kakhovka and Henichesk Filaret.

As according to Tsegolko, Poroshenko told them about the agreement between Ukraine and the Constantinople Patriarchate and about his talks with Patriarch Bartholomew.

"the head Poroshenko said that the Ukrainian government will protect the right of clergy and laity on the free choice of ecclesiastical jurisdiction,"

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