New Developments From Ukraine:Details About the Unifying Council Revealed

Addressing a forum on Local Self-Government,Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has disclosed that the Unifying Council for the new Ukrainian Orthodox Church will take place on 15 December 2018 at Kiev's St.Sophia Cathedral,for centuries the centre of Ukraine's religious life.President Poroshenko also said that Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has sent letters to the hierarchs of the three extant Ukrainian Orthodox Churches,including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate,inviting them to participate in the very important and historic Council.*
A recipient of the letter posted it on the Internet.The Council will be overseen by His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of France,assisted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate's two exarchs to Ukraine.The delegates of the Council will be hierarchs,priests,monks and laity from the three churches.They will approve the charter for the new Church that was drafted by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate,and elect the first Primate of the new Church.President Poroshenko will be present at the Council.*
Mr.Poroshenko told the forum that:
Now,colossal responsibility lies with the hierarchs of the Ukrainian churches-to hold the Council in peace,harmony,in the spirit of Christian love and patriotism,to elect the Primate who will go to Constantinople/Istanbul and receive the Tomos.