The information about the initiative of the believers was published on Facebook by the head of the Chancellery of the Zaporozhye Diocese Gennady Yelin.

“Dear brothers and sisters! It was decided for us that we, allegedly, are looking forward to a Turkish citizen – “Patriarch Bartholomew”, who was invited on our behalf to the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence.

Anyone who does not expect this Istanbul pasha, I ask you to join the flash mob and post on your personal page the text “Bartholomew, we did not call you!”

You can print an A4 plate with this text and place a photo on your page. Or take a shared photo with a poster and post it on your page or your ward page. Be sure to add the hashtag to the publication: # STOPVARFOLOMEY, “the priest wrote.