A meeting of church leaders from three of Ukraine’s Orthodox churches was set on Dec. 15 to formally break away from the Russian Orthodox church, as worsening political and military tensions between Moscow and Kyiv spill over to religion.
Deutsche Welle: Ukrainian Orthodox leaders meet to seal divorce from Russian church
A priest gestures as he arrives at Saint Sophia cathedral in Kyiv on Dec. 15, 2018 ahead of a historic synod expected to establish an Orthodox church independent from Russia.
