Senior Ukrainian Orthodox priests are due to hold a historic council on Dec. 15 in a bid to form a new, unified, independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church and elect a leader, known as a primate.
RFE/RL: Ukraine Orthodox priests to hold historic meeting in Kyiv
This photograph taken on Oct. 23, 2018, shows Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv's Patriarchy conducting a prayer in St. Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv.