the . Oleksandr was at that time considered as Epiphanius' right arm. Kyiv was at the time Filaret's diocese - except the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery - according to the decision of the 5 February 2019 holy synod of the OCU. On 29 May, Epiphanius issued a document stipulation that after 30 January 2019, all documents "on behalf of the religious association of the UOC-KP, which ceased its activities" are invalid, and that until the next holy synod the parish of Oleksandr Trifimlyuk would be directly subordinated to Epiphanius. On the same day, Filaret immediately responded by sending a letter to Epiphanius, saying the latter violated canon law by welcoming clergy from the Kyiv diocese (diocese which belongs to the jurisdiction of Filaret) into his (Epiphanius) jurisdiction. On 31 May, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew made an address to the , in which Bartholomew said: "As for Filaret, he was restored to his episcopal dignity as former Metropolitan of Kyiv. The so-called 'Patriarchate of Kyiv' does not exist and never existed". On 1 June 2019, Bishop of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine said on his Facebook page that, according to calls he received from priest-rectors of the churches of Kyiv, Filaret asked all his priests of Kyiv to come at his residence on Monday 3 June 2019 at 11 o' clock. The callers said Filaret would force them to sign an oath to the Kyiv Patriarchate and to Filaret as Patriarch. Bishop Adrian said he advised the priests to decide themselves whether they want to follow Filaret or not. On 3 June 2019, an assembly of priests took place at Filaret's residence in Kyiv. Allegedly, they were asked not to talk about what happened during the meeting and did not sign any document; almost all priests of Kyiv came to the meeting. One priest who came to the meeting said they discussed convening a local council. On 4 June, the OCU released on its Youtube channel a video of Filaret dissolving the KP. On 5 June, some of Filaret's declarations at the 3 June meeting were revealed by TSN. Filaret said:On 5 June, the press service of the Kyiv Patriarchate, "[i]n connection with the mass media dissemination of a great deal of distorted news", released a statement explaining why the Kyiv Patriarchate still exists, acknowledging the documents of the KP's dissolution. In an interview extract of Epiphanius by Ukrinform published on