The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, leader of the global Orthodox Church, has issued a statement confirming plans for an independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and restored ties with the previously schismatic Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate.
Catholic Herald: Orthodox Patriarch commits to independent Ukrainian Church, snubs Moscow
(FILES) In this file photo taken on Sept. 1, 2018 Orthodox officials are seen at the Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox church in Istanbul during the meeting (synaxis) of the Hierarchy of the Ecumenical throne.
