According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty,Archbishop Yevstratiy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolia has announced that the Tomos of Autocephaly is to be granted by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on 6 January 2019 in Istanbul,which is Ukrainian Christmas Eve.The Tomos will be presented following a Divine Liturgy concelebrated by Patriarch Bartholomew and the newly elected Ukrainian Primate.
First will come the Unifying Council on Saturday 15 December 2018,where the charter of the new Church will be approved and its Primate elected.Patriarch Bartholomew will reportedly attend the Unifying Council at St.Sofia Cathedral in Kiev.The cathedral belongs to the Ukrainian government as a national heritage site.*
Meanwhile,the Ukrainian Security Service,the SBU,is warning of possible violent provocations orchestrated by the Kremlin this weekend in cities across Ukraine,intended to disrupt the Unifying Council or even as a pretext for repressive actions by the Putin regime.*
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