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Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill will go on a 10-day visit in Ukraine on Monday. This is Kirill’s first visit in the capacity of the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, which has many eparchies in Ukraine. The goal of the visit is the pastoral communication with Ukrainian Orthodox Christians. The number of dioceses of the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine makes more than 11,000 that is a little bit fewer than in Russia.

Russia patriarch to go on 10-day visit in Ukraine