Patriarch Bartholomew has a "cordial conversation" with President of Poland
Andrzej Duda's visit to the residence of the head of Phanar. Photo: fanarion.blogspot.com
On May 25, 2021, Polish President Andrzej Duda visited the residence of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in Istanbul, fanarion.blogspot.com reports.
According to the resource, the parties "had a cordial conversation."
The Polish president was accompanied by his wife Agatha Kornhauser-Duda, ministers and other high-ranking officials of the country.
It is noted that Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople met with Andrzej Duda in 2015 and has maintained friendly relations with him since then.
We will remind, earlier the office of Metropolitan Savva of Warsaw and All Poland said that the position of the Polish Orthodox Church on the situation in Ukraine remains unchanged and the head of the OCU – "the so-called ‘Metropolitan’ Epifaniy” is just a layman.
The UOJ also wrote that Poroshenko and the Polish Ambassador to Ukraine discussed the recognition of the OCU by the Polish Church.
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