Ukrainian Orthodox churches have the right “to govern their religion according to their beliefs, free of outside interference,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Oct. 19.
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Washington Examiner: Pompeo backs independence of Ukraine’s Orthodox church
People attend a mass prayer to express gratitude to Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate for granting approval to establish the country's independent, or "autocephalous", church on Oct. 14 in Kyiv, 2018.
