“On October 12, a three -day pilgrimage trip to the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (PCU) Metropolitan Epiphany to Athos ended. Metropolitan Epiphanius visited the Holy Mountain as a pilgrim and monk. Epiphanius explained on Facebook that he chose for the visit of October by chance, because it was at this time seven years ago (in October 2018) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate made key decisions”, – WRITE ON: UA.news
October 12 ended tA rich pilgrimage trip of the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (PCU) Metropolitan Epiphany to Athos. Metropolitan Epiphanius visited the Holy Mountain as a pilgrim and monk.
Epiphany He explained on Facebook that he chose for the visit of October by chance, because it was at this time that seven years ago (in October 2018) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate made key decisions for the Ukrainian Church:
It was confirmed that the Metropolitanate of Kiev is not part of the canonical territory of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Russian church decisions against Ukrainian hierarchs, clergy and laymen were declared invalid.
According to the Metropolitan, these “prophetic wise decisions” of the Mother-Church (Ecumenical Patriarchate) “opened the way to the Unification Cathedral in St. Sophia and to receive Thomas about the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.” Therefore, it was important for him to be joyful “it was on the anniversary of those historical events that prayers on the Holy Mountain.”
Also we will remind that Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (PCC) Epiphany called on the head of the UOC (MP) Metropolitan Onufrii for the dialogue of unity, but in vain.
In the caves of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, on July 23, the prayer of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine near the relics of the Reverend Fathers took place for the first timewhat He held the Metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine Epiphanius.
