SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – Metropolitan Epifaniy, primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), was formally welcomed by the hierarchs, clergy and faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. (UOC-U.S.A.) at the spiritual center of the Church in South Bound Brook/Somerset, N.J., on Monday, October 21.
Welcoming Metropolitan Epifaniy on the front steps of the historic St. Andrew the-First-Called Apostle Ukrainian Orthodox Memorial Church, Metropolitan Antony pointed out that the church is the first monument to the victims of the genocidal Holodomor of 1932-1933.
Upon entering the church and blessing the clergy and faithful in attendance, both metropolitans exchanged statements of spiritual joy for the opportunity that the Lord presented to the worldwide Ukrainian Orthodox community to re-establish a sacred bond through the Mother Church of Constantinople.