Poroshenko congratulates newly elected head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox church Metropolitan Epifaniy (Dumenko) at the Saint Sophia’s Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine. — Reuters photo
KIEV: A historic council of Orthodox bishops in Kiev has created a new Ukrainian church independent from Russia, President Petro Poroshenko announced on Saturday.
The announcement came after Ukrainian priests held a historic synod in Kiev’s 11th-century Saint Sophia Cathedral to work towards establishing an Orthodox church independent from Moscow.
“It happened,” Poroshenko told a crowd awaiting the council’s decision in central Kiev.
He also announced the council had chosen the head of the new church: 39-year-old Metropolitan Yepifaniy, …read more
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