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The Former President of Ukraine at the Ecumenical Patriarchate

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received, on the afternoon of the feast of Epiphany, the former President of Ukraine, Mr. Petro Poroshenko, who visited the Headquarters of the Mother Church, together with his wife Marina, on the occasion of the four-year anniversary of the granting of Autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of his country.

During their 90-minute meeting, Mr. Poroshenko briefed His All-Holiness on the situation in war-torn Ukraine, and thanked him for his undiminished support to the Ukrainian people.

The Ecumenical Patriarch once again wished for an end to the war and a return to peace in Ukraine, and expressed his support to the brave Ukrainian people who with faith and determination carry out their struggle for their Church and their livelihoods, for the freedom and territorial integrity of their country.

The meeting was attended by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, as well as other associates of the Patriarch and the former President of Ukraine.

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