Some 52.8 percent of Ukrainians support the initiative to establish a local autocephalous Orthodox Church in Ukraine, according to a study conducted by the Drahomanov Sociological Center.
Ukrinform: Poll shows over half of Ukrainians support autocephaly of Orthodox Church
People attend a mass prayer to express gratitude to the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate for granting approval to establish Ukraine's independent, or "autocephalous," church on Oct. 14, 2018, in Kyiv.