Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, during a meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, announced that he would visit Ukraine in August 2021, Orthodox Times reports.
According to the online portal, the Patriarch of Constantinople announced that he would pay an official visit to Ukraine on Ukraine’s Independence Day next August, responding to an invitation from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
As reported, on October 16, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a working visit to the Republic of Turkey thanked Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for supporting the territorial integrity of Ukraine and invited him to visit the country after stabilization of situation with coronavirus disease.
