The striving of many Ukrainian Orthodox believers to gain independence for their national church from the Russian Orthodox Church has been simmering since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Patriarch Filaret (R) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate speaks during a press conference, in Kyiv, on Oct. 11, 2018.
