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Patriarch Filaret has handed over the Order of
St. Apostle Andrew the First-Called to Ukrainian President Petro
Poroshenko for his active participation in the process of obtaining
a tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
The award ceremony took place after a prayer service at the
Intercession Cathedral in Rivne on the occasion of the receipt of the
tomos of autocephaly and the formation of the Orthodox Church of
Ukraine, an Ukrinform correspondent said.
"Today, taking this solemn opportunity, I would like to hand over to
the president the Order of St. Apostle Andrew the First-Called, which we
awarded him on December 15 when there was a unification council at St.
Sophia Cathedral," Filaret said
He recalled that then it was decided to present awards to the
president, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Andriy Parubiy and "some other active
figures who took an active part in obtaining the tomos of autocephaly."
On January 8, Poroshenko awarded Patriarch Filaret the Hero of
Ukraine title for his contribution to the struggle for the creation of a
local church in Ukraine.
