When Father Kostyantyn Kuznetsov rang the bells and swung open the doors of the blue-and-gold-domed St. Stritenskiy Temple in 2015, it marked a small but significant victory in an intensifying dispute that’s shaking the Eastern Orthodox Church, the world’s second-largest Christian denomination.
RFE/RL: Broken faith – Ukrainian church fights for independence from Moscow
Believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate take part in a march during religious processions marking the 1030th anniversary of the Day of Baptism of Kyivan Rus, on July 28 in Kyiv.
