The Kyiv Patriarchate has its own proposals regarding the procedure of the Unification Council of the Orthodox churches and the election of the head of a new, united and independent local Orthodox church, and it will coordinate them with the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
UNIAN: Kyiv Patriarchate has proposals as for procedure of Orthodox churches’ unification council
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gives a speech at a mass prayer on Oct. 14, 2018 in Kyiv. The prayer was held to express gratitude to the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate for granting approval to plans to create the country's independent church.