The Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria will be represented at the festivities by His Eminence Petros (Giakoumelos),
Metropolitan of Aksum, who arrived to Kyiv on July 25.
The delegation of the Orthodox Church of Antioch is due on July
26 at 22:30. Its
members are Metropolitan Elias of Tyre and Sidon, Bishop Niphon
of Philippopol, archimandrite Jacob
(Khalil) and Iskander
Kfuri.
The Orthodox Church
of Jerusalem will be represented at the festivities by the delegation consisting of
Metropolitan Christodoulos (arrival
expected on July 26 at 20:10) and Archimandrite Stephan (Dispirakis), who arrived to the capital
yesterday, on July 25.
Bishop Vasilije of Zvornik and Tuzla arrived to Kyiv on July 25 to represent the Serbian Orthodox Church.
The Orthodox Church of Romania will be represented by the
delegation consisting of
Metropolitan Niphon of Târgovişte,
Metropolitan Casian of Dunărea de Jos, Bishop Cyprian Ciprian
Câmpineanul and Deacon Eugene Rogoti.
They arrive on July 26.
The Orthodox church of Bulgaria
is represented by: Metropolitan Neophite of Russe, Metropolitan Dometiyan of
Vidin, Bishop Ignatius
of Provata.
The delegation of the Orthodox
Church of Georgia includes: Metropolitan Gerasime of Zugdidi and Tsaishi, Metropolitan Sergi of Nekresi and
Hereti and hegumen Melkisedek (Khachidze).
The delegation of the Greek Orthodox Church
with Archbishop of Athens Hieronymos at the head arrived to Kyiv on July 24. The
delegation consists of Metropolitan Dionyssios of Hios, Psara and
Oinoussai, Metropolitan Meletios of Nikopolis and Preveza, Archimandrite
Kirillos Misiakoulis, Archimandrite Prokopios Petridis and Archimandrite
Timotheos (Anfi).
The Orthodox Church of Poland will be presented by the delegation headed
by Metropolitan Abel of
Lublin and Chelm. It also includes archpriest Mykolay Kelbashevsky,
archpriest Yaroslav Los
and Vadim Shtembursky.
On July 25 the
Primate of the Orthodox Church of Albania
Archbishop Anastasios of Albania arrived to Kyiv, he was accompanied by the Vicar Bishop Anthony of Kruja.
The delegation of the Orthodox Church
of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is due on July 27. It will include Bishop of Komarn Tikhon, archpriest Vasilij
Stojko and archpriest Aleksiy Yushchenko.
The Orthodox Church of America will be represented at the festivities by Archbishop Seraphim of Ottawa and All Canada
(expected July 26), archimandrite Zacchaeus (Wood), archpriest Vladimir Alekseev and archpriest
Oleg Kirillov. The three representatives
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