The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epifaniy, along with senior clerics, kicked off his visit to Imbros Island (Turkey) on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the ordination of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
This was reported by the official website of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU).
In the afternoon of Thursday, August 12, an the OCU head had an official meeting before he took part in the evening service.
On the morning of August 13, Metropolitan Epifaniy is taking part in the solemn liturgy on the occasion of the anniversary, alongside Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria and Africa, and the hierarchs of the Cyprus and Hellenic Churches.
Imbros Island is Patriarch Bartholomew’s birthplace. Here, in the village of Agios Theodoros, he was born on February 29, 1940. On August 13, 1961 he was ordained a deacon.
