‘The award of Self -headed in Ukraine Church by the Mother Church of Constantinople It had the sole purpose of healing a large maiden wound and to unite all Orthodox Christians in the country in a single national church that serves the faithful and the homeland. ” This label was made by the Archbishop of America Elpidoforos in the context of his official dinner in honor of the Metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine Epiphany the Order of St. Andrew’s Lords in New York.

In a reminder to the attendees that the Archbishops of the Ecumenical Patriarchate had honored Metropolitan Epiphany in 2019 with the Athenian Human Rights Award, Archbishop Elpidoforos emphasized that the Ecumenical Patriarchate had only his Ecumenical Patriarchate in his heart. That “we are here to stand by the Ukrainian Church and provide all possible support to it and its faithful people.”

On his side, Dr. Antoni Luberakis, ‘Authority of the Great Aktiarios and National Commander of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the USAstated that Moscow, in its attempt to replace the Ecumenical Patriarchate and emerge as the third Rome, had been possessed by the symbol of the biceps eagle of the Mother Church, a symbol that the Archbes used as an expression of their mission to support and support and Defending the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Metropolitan of Kiev Epiphanios expressed his gratitude to the Archbishops of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and to the Archbishop Hopefulwho, as he said, from a very early age believed in the independence of the Church of Ukraine and contributed decisively to the granting of the volume of its self -defense by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. In fact, he emphasized that the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine has become a cornerstone for the Ukrainian nation, especially during the current period of the war, and expressed the belief that the Church would unite all the Orthodox faithful of the country.

Finally, he invited all those who attended to pray for peace in Ukraine, while expressing his gratitude to those who contributed to the survival and security of its Orthodox Church.