Notes from UOC-MP - UOC-KP dialogue working group

(UOC-MP) - The first meeting of the working group of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for preparation of the dialogue with representatives of the UOC-KP (set up by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of September 9, 2009) is being held at the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

Before the beginning of the meeting the members of the group on the part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church raised prayers for the beginning of all work at the home church of St Nicholas at the residence of the Primate of the UOC and received the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr.

Taking part in the meeting on behalf of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church are: Archbishop Mytrofan of Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav, Administrator of the UOC; Archbishop Anthony of Boryspil, Rector of the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary, chairman of Educational Committee to the Holy Synod of the UOC, Chairman of the Theological Canonical Commission to the Holy Synod of the UOC; archimandrite Kirill Hovorun, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the UOC; archpriest Petro Zuev, chairman of the Department for Information and Public Relations of the Kyiv Diocese of the UOC, Volodymyr Bureha, assistant rector for academic research work. One member of the working group, archpriest Mykhailo Danylevych, co-worker of the Department for External Church Relations is absent accompanying the Icon of the Mother of God of Pochayiv in Canada.

Taking part in the meeting on behalf of the UOC-KP are: head of the working group Metropolitan Dmytriy Rudiuk, Bishop Yevstratiy Zorya, archimandrite Epiphany Dumenko, archpriests Petro Zinych and Oleg Malanyak; postgraduate of the Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy Mykhailo Syvak.

Upon completion of the meeting the heads of the working groups are going to make official statements for the press.