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Pillay said, “The meeting was a very informative, engaging and enlightening discussion on the issues in Ukraine. I was deeply impressed with their positive aspirations to end the war, support dialogue and find solutions to encourage good relationships at all levels in spite of the current challenges, including among churches. We have discussed possible steps forward and plan to act on them as soon as possible.”
Pillay and the metropolitan were joined by His Eminence Yevstratiy, Metropolitan of Bila Tserkva; Mr Peter Prove, director of WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs; and Prof. Dr Vasile Octavian Mihoc, programme executive for Ecumenical Relations and Faith and Order.
The meeting continued at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, where discussions were held with Rev. Prof. Dr Benjamin Simon, responsible for church relationships and membership applications among other things, and Mr Doug Chial, director of the Office of the General Secretariat, on the procedures and process related to the OCU application for membership with the WCC.
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From left: Prof. Dr Vasile Octavian Mihoc, programme executive for Ecumenical Relations and Faith and Order, Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, WCC general secretary, His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphany of Kyiv and All Ukraine, His Eminence Yevstratiy, Metropolitan of Bila Tserkva, and Mr Peter Prove, director of WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs.
