Photo: presidential press service
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko conferred the title “Hero of Ukraine” to the honorary patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Filaret.
About this head of state reported on Facebook.
“The measure that can be used to measure the contribution of Patriarch Filaret to the struggle for his own local church has not yet been invented. He was, is and remains the spiritual leader of the Ukrainian church, the spiritual leader of the Ukrainian people. That is why I made the decision to assign him the title “Hero of Ukraine”, – the president wrote.
As noted in the press service of the president, the title of Hero of Ukraine Filaret was awarded for his outstanding historical role in the establishment of an independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine, activities aimed at reviving the spirituality of the Ukrainian people, raising the authority of Orthodoxy, establishing the ideals of mercy and interfaith harmony.
As reported by "Journalist", Filaret said that he remains the patriarch of Ukraine.
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