The Patriarch of Jerusalem canceled a meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko who had been on a trip to Israel. According to the official version, Theophilos III was hospitalized with a minor illness. According to information from unnamed sources in the church circles of the Jerusalem Patriarchate, the head of the Jerusalem church did not want to meet with the Ukrainian leader after a scandal with a letter that Theophilus III sent to Poroshenko in December 2018.
The Jerusalem Post: Patriarch of Jerusalem cancels meeting with Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the first lady Maryna visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on Jan. 21, 2019.
