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New tensions between rival Orthodox groups in Ukraine
January 19, 2018
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CWN Editor's Note: New tensions have flared between the two rival Ukrainian Orthodox groups: the Moscow patriarchate, loyal to the Russian Orthodox Church; and the Kiev patriarchate, established after Ukraine won its own independence. Violence flared when the Moscow patriarchate refused a funeral for a child whose parents were aligned with the Kiev patriarchate.
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