Each president, except for Yanukovych, came to Constantinople and asked for autocephaly

Each president of Ukraine, except for the escaped president Viktor Yanukovych, came to the residence of the Patriarch of Constantinople and asked for autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. About this in an interview with the BBC told the bishop of Constantinople church Telmisky Job, reports "Public" He noted that the issue with autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church raised more than once.

"For Constantinople, the Ukrainian question is not new, it did not arise yesterday. Each president of Ukraine, except Viktor Yanukovich, came to Fanar (the Istanbul residence of the Patriarch of Constantinople) and asked for autocephaly, "said Archbishop Job.