Epiphany met with Francis, the researcher explained why this visit is important – UNIAN
As Ukrainian Ambassador to the Vatican Andrey Yurash noted, this is Epiphany’s first visit to the Vatican as the head of the church.
The Vatican hosted a meeting between Pope Francis and Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU).
According to the Primate of the OCU Epiphany, he discussed with Francis “the importance of uniting the efforts of all people of good will to achieve a just peace for Ukraine and Europe.”
As the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Vatican Andrey Yurash noted, this is Epiphany’s first visit to the Vatican as the head of the OCU. And the “private meeting and fraternal communication with Pope Francis” itself was “warm” and “incredibly sincere,” Yurash reported in X.
Ukrainian Vatican researcher Pavel Smitsnyuk noted that although the visit was unofficial, it was “not…
