Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew handed over to the head of the newly established Orthodox Church of Ukraine Epiphanius a staff and a Tomos proclaiming autocephaly. Now the procedure for obtaining the independence of the Ukrainian church has officially been completed, reports Hromadske.
This happened during the solemn service in the Church of St. George at the residence of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Istanbul.
It should be reminded that on January 5, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed Tomos at his residence in Istanbul proclaiming the autocephaly of the newly formed Orthodox Church.
Already on January 7 tomos will be exhibited at the St. Sophia Cathedral, where everyone will be able to see it.
