On September 17, former Vice president Joe Biden (Roman Catholic) met with the so-called “Patriarch” Filaret. He told him he was supporting the creation of an autocephalous church in the Ukraine. Filaret is insisting on being the patriarch of this new Ukrainian church. Filaret arrived in the US three days before, on the same day two exarchs of the Ecumenical patriarchate were sent to Kyiv. Biden thanked Filaret for his