Metropolitan Epiphanius I was enthroned in Kyiv on Feb. 3 as head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, two months after its independence – known as “Tomos” – was recognized by the Orthodox world’s Istanbul-based Patriarch Batholomew I.
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Metropolitan Epiphanius (or Yepifaniy), the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, is pictured during his enthronement ceremony at the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv on Feb. 3, 2019.
