“In the presidential administration, we were indicated as the reason for the reluctance of Petro Poroshenko to meet on the territory of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. It was more convenient for him to hold a meeting in a secular institution. But this format did not quite suit the hierarchs, since the issues considered at this meeting were to have a purely ecclesiastical nature, therefore the solution of all these problems was envisaged at the church platform and by church people who are authorized to solve all the most important problems that arise before the Ukrainian the Orthodox Church, ”said the archbishop.
According to him, Petro Poroshenko knew about exactly where the meeting was scheduled.
“Everyone knew that the hierarchs invited the president and they will wait for him in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. The president has been there many times, visiting shrines. Why today he could not be in this monastery, it is difficult for me to say, ”he concluded.
Earlier, Poroshenko refused to come to a meeting with the bishops of the UOC.
As noted, on the initiative of Poroshenko, on November 13, he was scheduled to meet with the episcopate of the UOC in the premises of the National Center for Business and Cultural Cooperation “Ukrainian House”.