Russian Orthodox church rejects decision on Ukraine envoys

[Saint Furrybutt]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russian-orthodox-church-rejects-decision-on-ukraine-envoys/2018/09/08/c928898a-b375-11e8-8b53-50116768e499_story.html?utm_term=.53ed435ddd99

The Russian church claims authority over the church in Ukraine. But many Ukrainian parishes reject the Moscow Patriarchate and have formed a separate church that is pushing for recognition as a self-governing, or autocephalous, institution.