A delegation of the new Ukrainian autocephalous Church led by « bishop » Pavel Yuristy made a trip to Mount Athos. They arrived on February 7, 2019. As reported by the media, the delegation stayed in the monasteries of Xenophontos, Pantocrator, New Esphigmenou [the monastery of Esphigmenou having broken communion with the Patriarchate of Constantinople, a new community with a few monks was created in Karyes, in order to recover the historic monastery