MINSK, Belarus – Ukraine’s parliament on Jan. 17 adopted a bill spelling out procedures for transferring church property after a new unified Ukrainian Orthodox church was granted independence.
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Believers wait in line to see the tomos of autocephaly (autonomy proclamation) of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine which is set to display in Saint Sophia cathedral in Kyiv on Jan. 7, 2019.