Ukraine’s Orthodox Church is now independent of Russia

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Ukraine’s Orthodox Church is now independent of Russia

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has welcomed a decision that gives his country’s Christian Orthodox Church full independence from Russia.

It follows the decision by the Ecumenical Patriarch in Istanbul – the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox believers worldwide.

 

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports from Kiev.