U.S. embassy congratulates Ukraine church on third anniversary of autocephaly
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has congratulated the Orthodox Church of Ukraine on the third anniversary of receiving a tomos of autocephaly.
According to Ukrinform, the embassy announced this on Twitter.
"Congratulations to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine on the third anniversary of receiving the Tomos of Autocephaly! Ukrainians should be free to worship as they choose, without external influence," the embassy said.
Today, January 6, marks the third anniversary of the granting of a tomos of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
On April 19, 2018, the Verkhovna Rada endorsed the appeal to the Archbishop of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with a request to issue a tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
On October 11, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate decided to grant a tomos of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
On December 15, 2018, the Unification Council took place at St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. The clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, and representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate created a single local Orthodox Church of Ukraine, approving its charter and electing its primate - Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine.
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