Leader of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epiphanius has called on Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and all local Orthodox churches to pray for peace in Ukraine and for the release of those who are held captive or illegally detained.
UNIAN: Epiphanius asks Orthodox churches to pray for peace, release of captives
Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, prays during a ceremony for the signing of the "Tomos" decree of autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchal Church of St George in Istanbul on Jan. 5, 2019.
