Head of DECR UOC meets with a WCC delegation

18 May 2023 12:08
865
Metropolitan Meletiy received WCC delegates. Photo: the press service of the Chernivtsi Eparchy Metropolitan Meletiy received WCC delegates. Photo: the press service of the Chernivtsi Eparchy

Metropolitan Meletiy of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna received members of the WCC delegation.

On May 13, with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine, Metropolitan Meletiy of Chernivtsy and Bukovyna, the head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church met with a delegation of the World Council of Churches, reports the press service of the Chernivtsi Eparchy.

The delegation consisted of Pastor Jerry Pillay, WCC General Secretary, Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strom, Chairman of the WCC Lutheran Central Committee, Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, Director of the WCC Commission of Churches for International Affairs Peter Prouv and Head of the WCC Program “Ecumenical Relationships, Faith and the Constitution” Prof. Vasile-Octavian Mihok.

The delegation of guests is accompanied by the cleric of the Chernivtsi-Bukovina diocese, Archpriest Mykola Popescu.

As reported, Patriarch Kirill discussed the situation in Ukraine with members of the World Council of Churches.

If you notice an error, select the required text and press Ctrl+Enter or Submit an error to report it to the editors.
If you find an error in the text, select it with the mouse and press Ctrl+Enter or this button If you find an error in the text, highlight it with the mouse and click this button The highlighted text is too long!
Read also