Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, left, spiritual leader of 300m Orthodox Christians, kisses Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of a newly formed Ukrainian church that is independent from Russia’s patriarchate, at the Church of St George in Istanbul on Jan. 6.
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This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on Jan. 6, 2019, shows Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (L) and Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church (R), during the official ceremony of "Tomos" decree of autocephaly handing at the Patriarchal Church of St George in Istanbul.
