ISTANBUL — The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople has signed a decree of independence for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
Associated Press: Independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church formalized in Istanbul
Newly elected Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Yepifaniy Sergiy Dumenko conducts the first liturgy since the creation of a new Ukrainian church independent from Russia in the Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv on Dec. 16, 2018.
