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Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has a telephone conversation with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.   The Head of State thanked him for prayers for Ukraine and Ukrainians and noted the public position of the Patriarch and the Orthodox Church of Constantinople to support our state.

The parties positively evaluated the development of cooperation at different levels, including a recent visit of the Ukrainian delegation to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and discussed the expectations of a visit. Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about the law on the spiritual independence of Ukraine, which was supported by the All -Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations. “An independent country, an independent people must also be spiritually independent.