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Ukrainian church leader pleads for Christmas on the Western date

21-12-2021

Eastern Europe

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Ukrainian church leader pleads for Christmas on the Western date

The Ukrainian Metropolitan Epiphanius in an interview at Radio Liberty. Still from video

Eastern Europe

The Metropolitan of Kiev, Epiphanius, wants a more Western outlook for his Ukrainian Orthodox Church. That signal he has given with his proposal to celebrate Christmas in December instead of January.

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