Zelensky promises Patriarch Bartholomew: state won’t interfere in church affairs

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, on