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Ecumenical Patriarchate starts considering autocephaly for Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Bartholomew on Ukraine ChurchA meeting of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate took place at the residence of the Ecumenical Patriarch in the Phanar district in Istanbul on April 19-20, the press center of the Kyiv Patriarchate has reported on
its Facebook page.

A communique by the Holy and Sacred Synod, following its work, notes that the Ecumenical Patriarchate considered issues related to the church situation in Ukraine and received from the church and civil authorities an appeal that requires the granting of autocephaly and decided to consider this issue by coordinating actions with its sister Orthodox Churches.

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