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Kiev pushing for independent national church

Sunday, 29 July 2018 1:49 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 30 July 2018 2:50 PM ]

Patriarch Filaret (L) of the Kiev-based Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (2nd L) attend a religious procession in Kiev on July 28, 2018, marking the 1030th anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus. (AFP)

Lena Savchuk
Press TV, Kiev

Religion and politics get more intermingled in Ukraine where the government is seeking to drift away the national church from Moscow. The biggest church in the country is the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate which has close ties with the Russian Orthodox Church. As the animosity between Russia and Ukraine is shadowing religious affairs, experts warn about a new sectarian strife. From Ukraine’s capital Kiev Lena Savchuk reports.

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