Orthodox Church of Ukraine
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church established in Kyiv at the Unification Council of December 2018 through the merger of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Its canonical independence (tomos of autocephaly) was recognised by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in January 2019. The primate of the OCU is Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine Epiphanius (Dumenko). It is the largest Orthodox jurisdiction in the country and has played a central role in post-2014 religious and identity politics in Ukraine.
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Ukraine's cabinet backs monument to Hetman Mazepa in central Kyiv on site of dismantled Lenin statue
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has endorsed a Ministry of Culture proposal to erect a monument to Hetman Ivan Mazepa on Taras Shevchenko Boulevard in Kyiv, on the site of the Lenin monument toppled during the Euromaidan in 2013. The initiative was put forward by President Volodymyr Zelensky in June and is being implemented under a presidential decree.