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On July 28, the third religious procession dedicated to the 1030th anniversary of the baptism of Kievan Rus took place in Kiev. About 65 thousand believers took part in the procession of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kiev Patriarchate today. This was reported by the first deputy head of the Ministry of the Interior of Ukraine, Sergei Yarovoi. As head of the information department of the Kyiv Patriarchate, Evstratii Zorya, secretary of the Holy Synod of UOC-KP, according to various estimates, 65 to 150,000 believers "probably more" gathered in the center of Kiev
The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and his wife, the Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak, the mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko and d & Other officials also attend the celebrations and procession of the cross. Kiev hill on the occasion of the celebration of the 1030th anniversary of the baptism of Kievan Russia Peter Poroshenko said that the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in his message to the Ukrainian President confirmed the intention to grant the Autocephaly at the Kyiv Patriarchate.
"Ukraine has appealed to the patriarch of Constantinople about the presentation of the tomosa, and we are very grateful to him for his constant attention to the country. grateful for the message of yesterday, in which the purpose of the gift of autocephaly to the Ukrainian church is clearly stated.We expect an early recognition of autocephaly from the église # autoc, autoc autoc…………….. 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 Orthodox Church in Ukraine, "said Poroshenko.
The Ukrainian President believes that "the tomato will complete the affirmation of the independence and independence of Ukraine". He also once again promised that "the government will not interfere in the internal affairs of the church and will not allow others to do it."
The procession took place without incident. In general, 2.5 thousand policemen participated in patrols in the city during the mbad event.