of Ukraine, and thirdly because it agrees that the Ecumenical Patriarchate can solve problems which arise within the OCU. In another interview given the same day to the TV channel Present Time, Filaret reaffirmed that he disagreed with those three points (myrrh, diaspora and appeal to the Ecumenical Patriarchate). According to the UOC-KP, two students of the who had gone to the 11 June Kyiv Patriarchate Forum have been expelled from said academy on 11 June "for participating in activities aimed at causing a split of a single local Orthodox Church of Ukraine". Filaret concerning the tomos and the OCU On 12 June, in an interview with Ukrainian Radio, Filaret said: Filaret also said concerning the future of the UOC-KP: "At first it will be small, but this Kyiv Patriarchate is certain to grow again to become a large one. Because the Ukrainian people demand an independent church." He also declared that the OCU was "a purely formal association." Filaret also said the UOC-KP Local Council of 20 June would be legal and that the Kyiv Patriarchate continued to exist. Warning from the OCU, invitations to the Local Council On 14 June, Epiphanius officially warned Filaret that the latter had not rights to convene a Local council of the UOC-KP. Epiphanius wrote: "The voluntary and non-statutory conduct of an assembly of a group of unauthorized persons -- such assembly being referred to as the Council -- will constitute the church split and the secession of organizers and participants of such meetings from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine with all canonical and legal consequences". Epiphanius also wrote the Kyiv Patriarchate had ceased to exist on 15 December 2018. On the same day, Epiphanius said in an interview that the Kyiv Patriarchate had been dissolved and that now Filaret "can only talk about the creation of a new structure with the old name". On 14 June, Filaret sent invitations for the Local Council of the UOC-KP. On 18 June, Epiphanius said the OCU would render its judgement concerning Filaret's council at the end of June and the Filaret's council would be "a meeting with no canonical status." On the same day, the OCU asked military chaplains not to take part in Filaret's council. On 19 June, of the OCU announced that on 20 June a forum on the importance of the unity of the Ukrainian Orthodox church would take place. Filaret's Local