Why a centuries-old religious dispute over Ukraine's Orthodox Church matters today
- Written by Victoria Smolkin, Associate Professor of History, Wesleyan University
Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which is newly independent of the Russian Orthodox Church.AP Photo/Efrem LukatskyA new Orthodox Church was recently established in Ukraine.
Shortly after, Bartholomew I, the Patriarch of Constantinople and the spiritual head of global Orthodox Christianity, granted independence...
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