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The Ecumenical Patriarch congratulated and blessed the newly elected Metropolitan on the day of his election and said the newly elected primate was invited to come to Istanbul to concelebrate a mass with the Ecumenical Patriarch and receive the Orthodox Church of Ukraine's ''tomos'' on 6 January 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news-46581712|title=Варфоломій благословив Епіфанія та запросив за томосом у Стамбул|date=2018-12-15|work=BBC News Україна|access-date=2018-12-15|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ecumenicalpatriarchate/posts/10156904480964158|title=Ecumenical Patriarchate|website=facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.patriarchate.org/announcements/-/asset_publisher/MF6geT6kmaDE/content/anakoinothen-15-12-2018-?_101_INSTANCE_MF6geT6kmaDE_languageId=en_US|title=Communiqué (25 [''sic'']/12/2018). - Announcements - The Ecumenical Patriarchate|last=|first=|date=|website=patriarchate.org|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref> On the next day after the election of Epiphany, a Sunday, the Ecumenical Patriarch commemorated him during a mass, along with the other primates of the other Orthodox churches.<ref name=":13" />

[[File:Митрополит_Епифаний_(Думенко).jpg|link=https://www.how.com.vn/wiki/en/File:%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%95%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_(%D0%94%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE).jpg|thumb|250x250px|His Beatitude Epiphany, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine|alt=]]

 

It was planned that the newly elected head of the united Ukrainian Orthodox church will go to Istanbul, accompanied by President Poroshenko,<ref name=":66" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/73768/|title=Poroshenko plans to visit Phanar together with newly-elected Primate|last=|first=|date=4 December 2018|website=risu.org.ua|access-date=2018-12-06}}</ref> to receive the church tomos and concelebrate a Divine Liturgy with the Ecumenical Patriarch.<ref name=":552"/> Poroshenko also made a speech after Epiphany's election, in which he said the autocephalous church would be "without [[Vladimir Putin|Putin]], without [[Patriarch Kirill of Moscow|Kirill]]", but "with God and with Ukraine".<ref name=":32" /> Poroshenko also confirmed his plan to go to Istanbul with the now elected primate of the autocephalous Ukrainian church, on 6 January, to be present when said primate will receive the church's tomos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=14777|title=Poroshenko to travel with Metropolitan Epiphany to collect Constantinople's tomos in person|last=|first=|date=15 December 2018|website=interfax-religion.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref>