Two golden-domed Orthodox Christian churches stand side-by-side on the main street in the small town of Kalynivka outside Kyiv. One is loyal to Ukraine’s local subsidiary of the Russian church, the largest confession among the 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide.
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Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate Filaret, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, his wife, Maryna Poroshenko (C) take part in a march during religious processions marking the 1030th anniversary of the Day of Baptism of Kyivan Rus, on July 28, 2018, in Kyiv.
