The Ukrainian state will defend the independence of the Church, President Vladimir Zelensky said. “Our common value is human life. This is the main thing for me, especially now, when I became President of Ukraine. The authorities shouldn’t interfere in church affairs. I will defend the independence of the church,” Zelensky was quoted by his press service as saying at a meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in Fener, Istanbul,
Zelensky promises Patriarch Bartholomew: state won’t interfere in church affairs
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