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Believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate attend a public prayer in front of the Parliament building there Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople will meet with lawmakers in Kiev, Ukraine, 21 August 2021. Believers of the Moscow Patriarchate protest against the visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew because Ecumenical Patriarchate granted autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine in 2019. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, a spiritual leader of the Orthodox Christians around the world, was invited to Kiev by President Volodymyr Zelensky for celebrating the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian Independence. Patriarch Bartholomew I arrived in Ukraine for the first time after the Ecumenical Patriarchate granted autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine on 06 January 2019. (Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA/EFE)
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