The last months have been troubling for the six-month-old Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). The 90-year-old bishop Filaret carrying the title of “Honorary Patriarch” despite the dissolution of his church structure to create the legitimate OCU independent from Moscow, had attempted a power grab and revoked the OCU’s very declaration of independence, or Tomos.
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Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, takes part in an enthronement ceremony at the Saint Sophia's Cathedral on Feb. 3, 2019, in Kyiv.
