On Christmas day Tomos arrives solemnly in the cathedral of Saint Sophia on, where it will remain exposed for the curiosity and devotion of the faithful. Eucharistic division between families and friends with followers of Moscow, Kiev, Constantinople. But there are priests who pray at Mass for all three Churches. Epifanyj seeks to tame Russian-Ukrainian opposition.
The great Ukrainian scholar defends the election of metropolitan Epifanyj and autocephaly as a flight from "post-Soviet Egypt" and "ideological slavery" under Moscow. Addressing the problems of the population, in a situation of war that has lasted five years, will also help to unite with priests and bishops of the Moscow Patriarchate. Shevchuk's congratulations and Kirill's wrath.
The great Ukrainian intellectual explains the reasons that push his people to demand independence from the patriarchate of Moscow. In Russia, state pressures and the exploitation of the Church are the order of the day. An independent Church would be a very important step towards the liberation of Ukraine from its Soviet past. But the problem is above all a spiritual one.
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