Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Epiphanius has explained why the former Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) is a structural part of the Russian Orthodox Church rather than an independent entity they claim they are.
UNIAN: Epiphanius says `Moscow Patriarchate` in Ukraine fully dependent on Russia
Metropolitan Epiphanius (or Yepifaniy), the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, is pictured during his enthronement ceremony at the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv on Feb. 3, 2019.
