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The meeting of the Head of the Autocephalous Church of Ukraine Metropolitan Epiphany with the Head of the Greek Catholic Church of Ukraine (Unity) Archbishop Svyatoslav Sevciuk was held on Thursday, March 7th. According to the official site of the Greek Catholic Church during the meeting, the two sides were informed by a letter from the Ministry of Culture that the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev from March 18 will remain closed for rehabilitation work. "We are forced to declare that Divine Liturgy will not be performed in the Hagia Sophia Cathedral on April 7, 2019," the Greek Catholic Church says. It should be noted that the Unity Archbishop had asked the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mr. Volodymyr Grossman, to be granted a special permit to operate in Hagia Sophia of Kiev three times a year. The Unity Archbishop, speaking of the expectation of the believers of the Greek Catholic Church to pray in the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia, stressed: "This church is the common residence of all the children of the Baptism of Blood of Vladimir and the mother for all the cathedrals us. Wanting to pray in this Temple, we want to witness the affinity of our Church with our Orthodox brothers. This move is a move towards our springs, towards the development of the blessing of the Baptism of Vladimir, to the restoration of the unity of the once united, but now divided, Kevin Church. During the meeting, the two sides reaffirmed the unwavering desire to reach understanding, cooperation and joint service for the Ukrainian people. At another point, the Unity Archbishop said: "The path of such an approach is the study of our common roots, the reconciliation between the Churches and the healing of the historical memory." "Our churches are at the beginning of this common course. We will work together to see, in the words of Patriarch Joseph Slipiti, a truly renewed Hagia Sophia in Kiev, "added Unity Archbishop Svyatoslav. "Until this section none of the ecclesiastical heirs of this Church can alone take over the ancient Cathedral of Hagia Sophia of Kiev. It should rather be a meeting place for the descendants of the Church of Wisdom of Kiev, a memory, a call, a guard and a hope for our unification in Christ, "underlined the closing of Archbishop Svyatoslav. For his part Metropolitan Epiphanios pointed out that the two sides confirmed the need for mutual understanding and cooperation, as this serves the unity of the people of Ukraine. "Thanks to the efforts of our predecessors, much has been done to heal the wounds of the past," Metropolitan Epiphani noted. Metropolitan Epiphanius also noted that he has repeatedly stressed the need for dialogue between the two Churches and the continuation of existing co-operation. "In matters of faith and historical issues, each side has its own opinion, some are close, in others they are opposed. The mistake was to overestimate such differences and underestimate them. That is why we need further dialogue - obviously long, sometimes complicated and painful, "Metropolitan Epiphany states elsewhere. "We are open to such a dialogue, we want to be constructive and fertile, taking into account all the internal and external challenges for the participants," Metropolitan Epiphany stressed.