With the Ecumenical Patriarch Mr. Bartholomew was contacted on Friday by the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, in order to convey his and the Ukrainian people’s wishes for Easter and to invite him to personally attend the international conference for peace in Ukraine.

This international meeting will take place in Lucerne, Switzerland next June and will be attended by heads of state and government from all over the world.

The Ecumenical Patriarch informed Volodymyr Zelenskiy that he will attend the conference, also responding to the official invitation of the President of Switzerland, which was handed to him, the previous day, by the head of the Consulate General of Switzerland in Istanbul, Roland Brun, in the presence of its Consul General Ukrainian Roman Nedilski.

Addressing the president of Ukraine, the Ecumenical Patriarch expressed his joy at their upcoming meeting in Switzerland and reiterated the undivided support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the war-torn Ukrainian people.