Ukrainians Celebrate Orthodox Christmas at a Holy Site Long Linked to Moscow Confronting the divide among the Orthodox f…

Ukrainians Celebrate Orthodox Christmas at a Holy Site Long Linked to Moscow

Confronting the divide among the Orthodox faithful in Ukraine, the head of the church that is loyal to Kyiv delivered a Christmas sermon for the first time at the country’s most historically significant monastery on Saturday. The Mass highlighted the deep fracture with the separate Moscow-led church that has traditionally celebrated at the holy site. Read more

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