The Church of Greece became the first after the Patriarchate of Constantinople to recognize the Ukrainian autocephaly. At first glance, this is not the most important recent news – especially against the background of what is happening today in Ukraine itself, where the patriarchal tomos granting autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine is now remembered not as often as in the times of Petro Poroshenko – but it is the most iconic.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (L) attend a ceremony to mark the 1030th anniversary of the Christianisation of Russia in downtown Moscow on July 28, 2018.
