President Poroshenko says Ukraine closer than ever before to autocephalous church creation

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko says Ukraine is closer than ever before to creating an autocephalous united local church.

"Ukraine is closer than ever today to seeing the emergence of its own autocephalous local church," Poroshenko said at a meeting with parliamentary faction leaders, Censor.NET reports citing Interfax-Ukraine.

He made the remarks on Tuesday while talking about his appeal to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople.

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