On August 27, 2021, the former Exarch of the Phanar in Ukraine, Bishop of Edmonton and the Western Diocese of the UOC of Canada (Church of Constantinople) Hilarion (Rudnik) visited the Transfiguration Cathedral – the center of the “diocese” of the OCU, headed by ex-Metropolitan of the UOC Alexander Drabinko.

At the end of the service, Bishop Hilarion visited the Museum of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr, where he examined the exposition, informs Alexander Drabinko on his Facebook page.

As previously reported, on August 26, 2021, Bishop Hilarion (Rudnik) visited the head of the OCU Epiphany Dumenko. Hierarch of the Phanar arrived to discuss with Dumenko “the issues of cooperation and interchurch relations” in the diaspora.