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In Ukraine, the Orthodox church is split three ways. There is the branch which remains faithful to Moscow, led by the Metropolitan Volodymyr. Secondly, there is a branch loyal to Kiev, and whose head is Patriarch Filaret. And, finally there is a small breakaway church which promotes complete independence from Moscow, led by Metropolitan Mefodiy.

Patriarch’s Ukraine visit requires diplomacy