
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 05: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (L), Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I. (C) and Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church (R) attend the signing ceremony of document cementing the “autocephaly” status of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey on January 05, 2019. ( Onur Çoban - Anadolu Agency )

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 05: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (L), Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I. (C) and Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church (R) attend the signing ceremony of document cementing the “autocephaly” status of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey on January 05, 2019. ( Onur Çoban - Anadolu Agency )

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 05: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko makes a speech during a signing ceremony of document cementing the “autocephaly” status of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey on January 05, 2019. Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I. gave the Tomos of Autocephaly to Ukrainian church to Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church. ( Onur Çoban - Anadolu Agency )

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 05: Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I. (L) gives the Tomos of Autocephaly to Ukrainian church to Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church (R) at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey on January 05, 2019. ( Onur Çoban - Anadolu Agency )

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 05: Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I. (L) gives the Tomos of Autocephaly to Ukrainian church to Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church (R) at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey on January 05, 2019. ( Onur Çoban - Anadolu Agency )

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 05: Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I. (L) gives the Tomos of Autocephaly to Ukrainian church to Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church (R) at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey on January 05, 2019. ( Onur Çoban - Anadolu Agency )

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 05: Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I. (C), flanked by Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church (not seen), signs the Tomos of Autocephaly to Ukrainian church at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey on January 05, 2019. ( Onur Çoban - Anadolu Agency )

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 05: Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I. (C), flanked by Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church (C-R), signs the Tomos of Autocephaly to Ukrainian church at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey on January 05, 2019. ( Onur Çoban - Anadolu Agency )

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 05: Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I. (C), flanked by Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church (C-R), signs the Tomos of Autocephaly to Ukrainian church at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey on January 05, 2019. ( Onur Çoban - Anadolu Agency )