People watch a broadcast of the service marking the arrival of Tomos, or the decree granting autocephaly to the newly established Orthodox church of Ukraine, in Kiev, Ukraine. Tomos was delivered to Kiev after the Constantinople Patriarch had been handed it over to the head of the new church.

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People watch a broadcast of the service marking the arrival of Tomos, or the decree granting autocephaly to the newly established Orthodox church of Ukraine, outside Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine. Tomos was delivered to Kiev after the Constantinople Patriarch had been handed it over to the head of the new church.

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People watch a broadcast of the service marking the arrival of Tomos, or the decree granting autocephaly to the newly established Orthodox church of Ukraine, in Kiev, Ukraine. Tomos was delivered to Kiev after the Constantinople Patriarch had been handed it over to the head of the new church.

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Epiphany Dumenko, the head of the newly established Orthodox church, is seen on the screen as people watch a broadcast of the service marking the arrival of Tomos, or the decree granting autocephaly to the newly established Orthodox church of Ukraine, in Kiev, Ukraine. Tomos was delivered to Kiev after the Constantinople Patriarch had been handed it over to the head of the new church.

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From left, Epiphany Dumenko, the head of the newly established Orthodox church of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his wife Marina walk outside the Saint Sophia's Cathedral, where the decree, or tomos, granting autocephaly of the new church, is displayed, in Kiev, Ukraine. Tomos was delivered to Kiev after the Constantinople Patriarch had been handed it over to the head of the new church.

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Tomos, or the decree granting autocephaly to the newly established Orthodox church of Ukraine, is displayed in Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine. Tomos was delivered to Kiev after the Constantinople Patriarch had been handed it over to the head of the new church.

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Tomos, or the decree granting autocephaly to the newly established Orthodox church of Ukraine, is displayed in Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine. Tomos was delivered to Kiev after the Constantinople Patriarch had been handed it over to the head of the new church.

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Believers queue outside the Saint Sophia's Cathedral, where the decree, or tomos, granting autocephaly of the new church, is displayed, in Kiev, is Ukraine. Tomos was delivered to Kiev after the Constantinople Patriarch had been handed it over to the head of the new church.

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Epiphany Dumenko, the head of the newly established Orthodox church, walks outside the Saint Sophia's Cathedral, where the decree, or tomos, granting autocephaly of the new church, is displayed, in Kiev, is Ukraine. Tomos was delivered to Kiev after the Constantinople Patriarch had been handed it over to the head of the new church.

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Believers take photos of the decree, or tomos, granting autocephaly to the newly established Orthodox church of Ukraine in Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine. Tomos was delivered to Kiev after the Constantinople Patriarch had been handed it over to the head of the new church.

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Security officers guard the decree, or tomos, granting autocephaly to the newly established Orthodox church of Ukraine in Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine. Tomos was delivered to Kiev after the Constantinople Patriarch had been handed it over to the head of the new church.

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Believers take photos of the decree, or tomos, granting autocephaly to the newly established Orthodox church of Ukraine in Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine. Tomos was delivered to Kiev after the Constantinople Patriarch had been handed it over to the head of the new church.

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