On November 5, 2021, representatives of the Pereyaslav and Vishneve diocese of the OCU, headed by ex-Metropolitan of the UOC Alexander Drabinko, began a trip to Athos. This was reported on the website of the Drabinko`s structure.

“Ukrainian pilgrims visited the monastery of Xenophontos, where they prayed during the service and met with the abbot, Archimandrite Alexei Madzris …

Metropolitan Alexander presented his father-abbot, as a prayer reminder of the meeting, the icon of St. Luke of Crimea with part of his honest relics and presented a facsimile edition of the Mazepa Gospel, published with the participation of the Fund for the Memory of His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir ” the publication says.

As previously reported, the “bishop” of the OCU, Matthew Shevchuk, was sent to Athos.