A thrilled President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine said Ukraine is securing its own independent church, ending centuries-old ties to a Russian clergy that Kiev accuses of meddling in its affairs, the Reuters website reports today (December 1, 2018).
Poroshenko's comments were a result of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul -- home of the global spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians -- announcing it had drafted a constitutional charter for an autocephalous (or self-governing) Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
"Today, at the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, historical decisions have been taken on the creation of an autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church," Poroshenko said in a televised address.
He added: "Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will soon announce when the Ukrainian clergy will meet to pick the head of the new church."
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