In an interview, « patriarch » Filaret (photo above) stated that the « Kyiv Patriarchate continues to exist ». To this end, he invited all the bishops of the new autocephalous Church, with the exception of Metropolitan Epifaniy, to a meeting intended to re-establish the « Kyiv Patriarchate ». On this occasion, Adrian Kulik-Bogdan, the vicar bishop of the new Church, said, « The honorary patriarch Filaret is convening at his home the hierarchs of the Ukrainian