UOC/USA delegation travels to Istanbul to discuss "Points of Agreement" with ecumenical patriarch

SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. - A delegation from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., headed by Metropolitan Constantine, met on September 21-22 with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul (Constantinople).

According to information released by the UOC/USA, "This meeting took place in accordance with the decision of the 15th UOC/USA Sobor, as well as the latest meeting of the Metropolitan Council, with regard to obtaining an explanation in greater detail of the previously accepted 'Points of Agreement' that served as the basis upon which the UOC/USA accepted the omophorion of the ecumenical patriarch."

The statement released by the UOC/USA also noted that other topics of discussion included the ecumenical patriarch's position regarding the various branches of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine and agreement was reached regarding the specific participation of the ecumenical patriarch in activities to establish one "pomisna" (particular) Orthodox Church in Ukraine that would be recognized by world Orthodoxy.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, October 10, 1999, No. 41, Vol. LXVII

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