The granting of the tomos of autocephaly to the “Orthodox Church of Ukraine”

The tomos of autocephaly, signed by Patriarch Bartholomew on January 5, was given to Metropolitan Epifaniy at St. George Patriarchal Cathedral in Istanbul, during the Theophany celebration on January 6. After reading the Gospel, the ecumenical patriarch read the text of the tomos, then handed it to Metropolitan Epifaniy, with a bottle containing the holy Chrism and an episcopal crozier, signs of dependence of the Kyiv metropolis on the mother