In its January 12 ordinary session, the Holy Synod of the Constantinople Patriarchate issued the following statement concerning its stavropegion in Ukraine: “Following its October 11, 2018 decision to restore the stavropegion of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Kyiv, one of its many century-old Stavropegia in Ukraine, [the Holy Synod] has appointed the reverend Archimandrite Mikhail Anishchenko of the ecumenical throne, who has faithfully served for many years as the dean