On April 11, 2023, with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine, the rector of the Parish of All Saints of Kiev and the Caves in Brussels, Archpriest Dimitriy Popescu met with Patriarch John X of Antioch. This was reported by the Information and Education Department of the UOC with reference to the DECR press service.

The “solidarity visit”, as it is written on the official page of the Patriarchate of Antioch, took place after the devastating earthquake that struck the region and directly the parishes of the Church of Antioch. Archpriest Dimitriy Popescu handed over material aid, which was collected in the dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, for the victims of the earthquake.

Recall that on February 13, 2023, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine blessed the collection of material assistance for the victims of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

Also, Patriarch John X of Antioch recently expressed support for His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kyiv and All Ukraine in connection with the latest events around the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine.