Patriarch Bartholomew signed a tomos for the new Church of Ukraine
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed a tomos on granting autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), UNIAN reports . Details . The signing ceremony took place in the presence of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy, and former President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko. On Sunday , January 6, after the liturgy, a document on autocephaly will be handed over to Metropolitan Epiphanius of the OCU.