He had a warm telephone conversation on Tuesday Volodymyr Zelensky by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as announced by the president of Ukraine himself on his Telegram channel.

The two men exchanged Christmas wishes, with Mr. Zelensky noting that “this year, Ukraine celebrated Christmas at the same time as the Mother Church.”

The Ukrainian president even invited a representative of Fanarios to the peace talks in his country in Switzerland.

Volodymyr Zelensky’s announcement

“I had a phone call with His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to exchange wishes for Christmas.

»This year, Ukraine celebrated Christmas at the same time as the Mother Church.

“I thanked His Holiness for the warm Christmas wishes to the Ukrainian people, the prayers for peace in Ukraine and the participation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the consultative meetings regarding the Peace Formula (s.s. the 10-point plan of Kyiv for peace).

“I invited his representative to the next such meeting in Switzerland.”

It is noted that Christmas was celebrated in Ukraine on December 25 for the first time since 1917 as with the Catholics and Orthodox believers in Greece, Romania and Bulgaria, and not on January 7 as with Russia as they used to until now.