President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko informed the NSDC members of the course of negotiations with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the initiative to grant the Tomos of Autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. “You see that this initiative has been actively supported in the world – our Ukrainian Diaspora, political figures, church hierarchs supported these initiative,” President Petro Poroshenko emphasized. He thanked every member of the parliament who had voted to support the Appeal of the President to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Mr Poroshenko emphasized that the given Appeal was in no way an interference of the authorities and …read more
Source: SBS
