TOPSHOT - Orthodox priest prays on Independence Square in Kiev on October 12, 2018 as Ukrainian celebrate a historical decision by the Ecumenical Patriarchate to recognise the independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. - The Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate on October 11, 2018 said it had agreed to recognise the independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a move strongly desired by Kiev but which risks stoking new tensions with Moscow. A synod meeting chaired by Patriarch Bartholomew, seen as the first among equals of Orthodox Church leaders, "decreed to proceed to the granting of autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine," said an official statement read in Istanbul, formerly Constantinople. (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV / AFP)