Just in time for the start of the presidential election campaign, Ukraine has a new, unified Orthodox Church. Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainian president, is trumpeting the creation of the church as a boon to national security, but the move could backfire for him before the March 31 vote.
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Epiphanius, Metropolitan of Pereyaslav and Bila Tserkva, talks with president Petro Poroshenko on the stage at Sofiivska Square after he was elected and announced as the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Dec. 15.
