MINSK – The Russian Orthodox Church said on Oct. 15 it had decided to break off all relations with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in protest over its endorsement of Ukraine’s request for an “autocephalous” (independent) church.
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Bishop Hilarion who is in charge of the Russian Orthodox Church's diplomacy, makes a statement in front of the building of the Minsk Eparchial Department of the Russian Orthodox Church after a meeting of the Holy Synod in Minsk on Oct. 15, 2018.
