Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, center left, and Metropolitan Emmanuel, center right, attend a closed-door synod of three Ukrainian Orthodox churches to approve the charter for a unified church and to elect leadership in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 15. (Mykhailo Markiv, Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Pool Photo via AP)Kiev, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian Orthodox leaders on Saturday approved the creation of a unified church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate and elected a leader to head that new church — a move that could exponentially raise tensions with neighboring Russia.
The vote, held at a closed-door synod in Kiev’s …read more
Source: Pattaya Mail
