The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople has arrived on a visit to Ukraine to attend festivities marking the 30th anniversary of its declaration of independence.
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (R) and Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church (L), leave St. Michaels Cathedral after welcoming service in Kyiv on Aug. 21, 2021.
