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Religious procession breaks through police cordon, heads for Kyiv. PHOTOS+VIDEO The religious procession that includes thousands of worshipers from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate managed to get through the police cordon in the village of Dmytrivka in order to proceed further along the Kyiv-Zhytomyr highway. 110 629 298 Previously in trend: Police workdays 
Only Ukrainian citizens will be allowed to attend tomorrow's worship, - Minister Avakov Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has announced introduction of a special regime in Kyiv in connection with tomorrow's prayer service and religious procession of worshipers from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, both dedicated to the anniversary of Christianization of Rus-Ukraine. 93 650 268 
Constantinople makes benchmark decision to grant autocephaly to Ukraine's Church. VIDEO Ecumenical Patriarchate has decided to proceed to the granting of Autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine. 72 415 360 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Police block Moscow Patriarchate’s religious procession participants in village near Kyiv. PHOTOS The participants of the procession organized by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate have been blocked by the police in the village of Dmytrivka in Kyiv-Sviatoshynskyi district of the Kyiv region. 60 651 145 Previously in trend: Police workdays 
Ukrainian authorities aspire to have single national Orthodox church, - Poroshenko met with representative of Ecumenical Patriarchate. PHOTO The president of Ukraine has met with representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Archbishop Job of Telmessos. 35 011 181 
Ecumenical Patriarch so far wants Ukrainian church to be headed by metropolitan rather than patriarch, - Filaret Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) Filaret voiced criteria that will be taken into account when electing the head of an independent Orthodox Church that will be created in Ukraine. 29 038 182 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
"Why everyone has right to autocephaly while 45-50 million Ukrainians does not?" Patriarch Bartholomew Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew says the issue of granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church will be resolved in the best interests of the Ukrainian people. 28 196 216 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
"Giving assessments of Ukraine’s internal issues is none of Russian muftis’ business," Ismagilov to Russia’s chief mufti Statement by Chief Mufti of Russia, Talgat Tajuddin, that he opposes granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is unacceptable. 21 433 119 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Archbishop of Alaska apologizes for meeting with Putin: I deeply regret scandal provoked Archbishop Alexy of Sitka and Alaska (Orthodox Church in America), who met with dictator Vladimir Putin during his visit to Anchorage, apologized for this. 9 608 27 Previously in trend: Meeting between Trump and Putin 
Poroshenko: "By severing relations with Constantinople, Russian Orthodox Church placed itself on path of self-isolation" By breaking off eucharistic communion with the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Russian Orthodox Church has placed itself on the path of self-isolation and conflict with the entire Orthodox world. 9 116 141 Filaret: Kremlin seeks for reason to 'protect' Orthodox believers in Ukraine Russian authorities are looking for a new reason to launch another "protection campaign" this time of Orthodox believers in Ukraine. 5 922 25 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Creation of local church 
