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On 5 January 2019, Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, signed the tomos that officially recognized and established the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and granted it autocephaly (self-governorship). The events immediately leading to the grant of autocephaly were:
- On 11 October 2018, the synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate announced that it would "proceed to the granting of autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine",[1] making it independent from the Russian Orthodox Church.
- This decision led the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church to break communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 15 October 2018, which marked the beginning of the 2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism.[2][3]
- On 15 December 2018 a unification council founded the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
- On 5 January 2019, Patriarch Bartholomew signed the tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
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- ^ Roth, Andrew; Sherwood, Harriet (15 October 2018). "Russian Orthodox Church cuts ties with Constantinople". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 January 2019.