Some 192 delegates will take part in the unification council of the Orthodox churches in Kyiv on December 15: they will announce the creation of a new, unified, independent Orthodox Church in Ukraine, approve its charter, and elect its leader in two rounds.
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The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople will hand over a Tomos — a decree granting independence, or autocephaly — to the future head of the local Orthodox Church in Ukraine on January 6, Archbishop Yevstratiy, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate said on December 13.
Senior figures from Orthodox Christian communities in Ukraine will meet on December 15 in a bid to form a new, unified, independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church and elect a leader, known as a Primate.
The December 15 “unity gathering” will be held at St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv and will be attended by Bartholomew.
“The Tomos of the Ecumenical Patriarch should be handed over to the [future] Primate on January 6 [on Christmas Eve],” Ukrainian and Russian media quoted Yevstratiy as saying.
Most Christian Orthodox believers will celebrate Christmas on January 7.