The Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarch (UOC-KP) made his first pastoral visit in Ukraine since the anathema against him was declared invalid to the western region of Ternopil. The visit was organized in spring, when talks about tomos were tentative and the whole idea of autocephaly seemed to be just another promise.
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Patriarch Filaret (L) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv's Patriarchy delivers his speach during a gathering for a mass prayer in front of St Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv on Oct. 14, 2018.
