On February 14, Patriarch Irinej of Serbia sent the following letter to Metropolitan of Onufriy of Kyiv, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church: « To His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, Your Beatitude,Beloved Brother in Christ and concelebrant! We received letter #1639 on December 12, 2018 and letter #1705 on December 24, 2018 from Your Beatitude, in which you informed us about recent events shaking the