The independence of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine was finally proclaimed in Kyiv on Christmas - January 7, 2019. In the Sofia Cathedral, the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kiev and all of Ukraine, Epiphanius held the Christmas Liturgy. On January 5, Patriarch Bartholomew, Constantinople in Istanbul, signed a Tomos (letter) on the provision of autocephaly PCU.

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On January 5, in Istanbul, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed a Tomos on the provision of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, and on January 7, Metropolitan Epiphanius spent the first independent church in the Sofia Cathedral in Kyiv in Kiev. Ukrainian commentators call the PCU department from the Russian Orthodox Church an event of historical importance and see mainly pluses in it. In Russia, the reaction was not so unambiguous.

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An illustrative photo In the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey, a merchant vessel, which was coming from the Russian port in the Sea of Azov, was sanking, reports Reuters. Of the thirteen crew members, seven were sleeping, the governor of the Turkish province of Samsun, where the vessel crashed, told CNN Turk. To date, it is known that among the dead four are citizens of Ukraine. According to the Russian Embassy in Ankara, there were no Russians aboard a sunken ship.

The Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Epiphanius held the Christmas Liturgy in the Kiev Cathedral of St. Sophia - for the first time as the head of the local church recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Before the worship of Epiphanius and President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, together brought a scroll with the tomos to the cathedral - a document about autocephaly, awarded the day before in Istanbul by the Patriarch Bartholomew by the Patriarch Bartholomew.

Scene from the play "Prisoner" Theatrical review of Irina Simakovskaya Alexander Genis: On the air - the first theatrical review of Irina Simakovskaya this year. Ira, what did you bring to us from the winter New York? Irina Simakovskaya: Theater winter New York again turned out to be New York Bastroil. All the most interesting performances were performances brought from England or South Africa. The performance of Peter Brook, who was called the "Prisoner", delivered great joy.

Former deputy head of the Main Investigative Department of the IC of Russia Denis Nikandrov The Rosbalt publication has published the testimony of the former deputy head of the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia Denis Nikandrov, which he gave during the interrogation.

For what people made an outcome through the Red Sea, for which the magi went to Bethlehem, for what people sent ships to orbit? For happiness. For happiness to be free in your promised glass house. For happiness to be free under the protection of the great mighty king. For happiness to be free in the boundless world of progress, human rights, scientific and artistic creativity. Without such happiness - despondency. With such happiness - longing.

Actor Kevin Spacey On Monday, the court in the United States made official accusations to actor Kevin Spacey in the case of harassment to an 18-year-old teenager. According to the artist’s lawyers, he does not admit his guilt. The judge forbade the spaces to contact with the young man accusing him. The next meeting in the case is scheduled for March 4. After the court, the actor did not answer the questions of journalists. Spacey is accused of obscene behavior.

The authorities of Thailand said that they would not extradite 18-year-old citizen of Saudi Arabia from the country, who claims that she was facing death in her homeland. Rahaf al-Kunun was detained on Sunday at Bangkok Airport. She asks for asylum in Australia. According to her, the threat comes from her own family, which, in particular, condemned her for a short haircut. The girl told Reuter that she arrived in Thailand from Kuwait, where she came with her family.

In mid-December 2018, 12-year-old Tasia Perechikova turned to the Internet reception of Vladimir Putin and asked him to give her mother a walk-behind tractor or mini-tractor. The girl did not complain about life, but explained in an accessible way to the president that without a walk -behind tractor it is extremely difficult to survive in the village with her mother, who works 30 kilometers from the house in two shifts to get a salary slightly higher than the minimum wage.

A residential building in Magnitogorsk, which fell as a result of a gas explosion A ten -month -old baby came into consciousness, which barely survived after the explosion in a residential building in Magnitogorsk, TASS agency reports . The boy had a voice, his mother is located next to him, at a press conference in Moscow, the Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova said. According to her, the mother of the child is still in a state of stress and fears for him.

The Russian company "Sukhoi Civil Aircraft" (GSS) has not yet received a response from the US Department of Finance to the application for the supply of Sukhoi Superjet 100 in Iran. This was reported to RBC by a company representative. The transaction requires the approval of the United States, since more than 20 percent of the details of the Russian ship are produced in the United States.