Ukraine is on the verge of opening the biggest schism in Christianity in centuries, as it breaks from the authority of a Moscow-based patriarch and this week expects to formally gain recognition for its own church, taking tens of millions of followers.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
New York Times: As Ukraine and Russia battle over orthodoxy, schism looms
A general view of the inside of Kiev's Saint Sophia Cathedral as the President Petro Poroshenko (C) attends the historic synod expected to establish an Orthodox church independent from Russia in Kyiv's Saint Sophia Cathedral on Dec. 15, 2018.
