Kiev pushing for independent national church

Lena Savchuk
Press TV, Kiev

Religion and politics get more intermingled in Ukraine where the government is seeking to drift away the national church from Moscow. The biggest church in the country is the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate which has close ties with the Russian Orthodox Church. As the animosity between Russia and Ukraine is shadowing religious affairs, experts warn about a new sectarian strife. From Ukraine’s capital Kiev Lena Savchuk reports.

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